Systems and methods for generating concatenated transport streams from adaptive media streams

A receiver apparatus configured to receive an adaptive concatenated stream to provide television programming comprising:

• a set-top box (STB) configured to interface with a digital network;
• a processor contained in the STB configured to:
• receive an adaptive stream comprising a concatenated transport stream distributed from a cable provider that commonly uses a first fiber cable network and from an IPTV system that commonly uses a second fiber cable network, the adaptive stream comprising a first adaptive media stream containing the television programming in an adaptive packet format via the digital network and configured by a streaming server wherein the streaming server is in communication with the STB;
• receive concatenated content of the first adaptive media stream in a compatible format with the STB wherein the first adaptive media stream contains at least a first television channel;
• receive the concatenated content in the concatenated transport stream wherein the concatenated content contains the television programming in a streaming format different from the adaptive packet format;
• receive a second adaptive media stream containing at least a second television channel in the adaptive packet format of the digital network;
• and
• receive concatenated contents of the first and second adaptive media streams by the concatenated transport stream containing the multi-channel television programming for transmission to a video distribution system.

A system to receive a concatenated transport stream executable by an adaptive stream concatenation server to at least one television receiver, the system comprising:

• a plurality of adaptive media streams each containing different television channels in an adaptive packet format at the adaptive stream concatenation server via a digital network;
• and
• a plurality of receivers configured to receive contents of the plurality of adaptive media streams configured by the adaptive stream concatenation server as a multicast Internet Protocol (“IP”) stream containing a multi-channel television programming in a streaming format different from the adaptive packet format and compatible with a video distribution system wherein the plurality of receivers at least comprise set-top boxes;
• wherein the multicast IP stream containing the multi-channel television programming is encrypted;
• wherein an encrypted multicast IP stream received by each STB contains the multi-channel television programming in the streaming format to the STB of a television distribution system for distribution to the plurality of television receivers;
• and
• wherein the multi-channel television programming contained within a concatenated transport stream that is distributed by cable television systems that commonly deliver programming using hybrid and co-axial fiber cable networks, and by IPTV systems that commonly deliver programming content using the fiber and twisted-pair copper cable networks wherein the concatenated transport stream comprises the multi-channel television programming for distribution to the plurality of television receivers.