Method for managing the access to a content and the reading of a multimedia content

An entity for managing access, by a reader device, to a multimedia content, wherein the entity comprises:

• at least one processor configured to carry out steps including, for the same multimedia content:
• acquiring a set of multicast broadcast channels associated with respective broadcast times spaced out over time;
• requesting rendering of data representative of multicast channels obtained during the acquiring, and
• receiving a selection of one multicast broadcast channel from amongst the multicast broadcast channels included in the rendering request,
• wherein the data representative of the multicast channels includes thumbnail images.

At least one non-transitory computer readable medium on which at least one series of program code instructions is stored for implementing a method for managing access, by a reader device, to a multimedia content, when the instructions are executed by at least one processor of a management entity, wherein the method comprises, for the same multimedia content:

• acquiring a set of multicast broadcast channels associated with respective broadcast times spaced out over time,
• requesting rendering of data representative of multicast channels obtained during the acquiring, and
• receiving a selection of one multicast broadcast channel from amongst the broadcast channels included in the rendering request,
• wherein the data representative of the multicast channels includes thumbnail images.