A method for delivering content to one or more mobile terminals by a base station in a wireless network, the base station including a controller, a backhaul link connecting the base station to a backhaul network, and one or more tuners, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, with use of the controller, a request to deliver one or more selected content signals to one or more of said mobile terminals;
- receiving, with use of said one or more tuners, an output signal from a content receiver;
- and
- generating, with use of said one or more tuners, said one or more selected content signals from said output signal from said content receiver,
- wherein said content receiver receives content from a content source external to the base station, and wherein said content is not received by said content receiver with use of said backhaul link or said backhaul network.