Distributed Video Content Management and Sharing System

A media content management system comprising:

• a. a plurality of remote Web servers interconnected to a network, each of said plurality of remote Web servers maintains a Web site comprising at least one Web page;
• b. a shared central media server interconnected to the network, wherein said shared central media server includes a plurality of media files, each of said plurality of media files is administered by a department through a departmental content administrator;
• c. a control database interconnected to the network, wherein said control database includes a plurality of data parameters associated with each of said plurality of media files on said shared central media server comprising at least a first and second data parameter, wherein said first data parameter comprises media file meta-data content associated with each of said plurality of media files on said shared central media server, and wherein said second data parameter indicates which of said departmental content administrators has a permission associated with which of said plurality of media files on said shared central media server and with said associated media file meta-data content;
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• d. a shared central Web server interconnected to said shared central media server and to said control database comprising Web application software, wherein said Web application software is adapted to implement at least one of said plurality of data parameters associated with each of said plurality of media files on said shared central media server.