Content customization portal for media content distribution systems and methods

A system comprising:

• a head end configured to receive media content from a content provider and to maintain the media content, said head end being further configured to maintain resource data associated with at least one of the media content and the content provider;
• at least one a video hub office configured to receive the media content from the head end and to provide the media content over a network to at least one content processing subsystem configured to process and provide the media content for presentation to an end user;
• and
• a publisher configured to
• provide a content customization portal for access by the content provider,
• authenticate the content provider accessing the content customization portal,
• receive custom content and content provider input from the authenticated content provider via the content customization portal,
• create at least one association between the custom content and the resource data based on the content provider input,
• validate the custom content, and
• provide the custom content to said video hub office, said video hub office being configured to provide the custom content to the content processing subsystem for inclusion in a user interface based on the at least one association.

A method comprising:

• receiving media content from a content provider;
• maintaining the media content;
• maintaining resource data associated with at least one of the media content and the content provider;
• providing at least a subset of the resource data to a content processing subsystem over a network, the provided resource data being configured for inclusion in a user interface for presentation to an end user;
• providing a content customization portal for access by the content provider;
• authenticating the content provider accessing the content customization portal;
• receiving custom content from the authenticated content provider via the content customization portal;
• validating the custom content;
• and
• providing the custom content to the content processing subsystem for inclusion in the user interface for presentation to the end user.