Media Distribution in a Content Delivery Network

A method comprising:

• providing a user control on a client-device canvas for selecting at least one of a plurality of user-selectable client devices;
• and
• providing a control board residing on a CDN configured for interacting with the client-device canvas, the control board configured for:
• allocating at least one media resource for each of the plurality of user-selectable client devices;
• and
• performing device-specific configuring of the at least one media resource in response to a user selection of at least one of the plurality of user-selectable client devices.

A machine-readable medium comprising instructions encoded thereon and executable to:

• provide a user control on a client-device canvas to enable selecting at least one of a plurality of user-selectable client devices;
• and
• provide a control board residing on a CDN configured for interacting with the client-device canvas, the control board configured for:
• allocating at least one media resource for each of the plurality of user-selectable client devices;
• and
• performing device-specific configuring of the at least one media resource in response to a user selection of at least one of the plurality of user-selectable client devices.

A control board for enabling a content provider to manage user access to media resources, the control board comprising:

• a content-aggregation module for aggregating a plurality of media resources;
• a content-management module for managing client access to the plurality of media resources;
• and
• a content-acquisition module for distributing media to a plurality of disparate client devices, enabling client control and content-provider control of the media, and conditioning the media in response to user-controlled routing.