Method and system for prepositioning content and distributing content in a local distribution system

A system comprising:

• a user receiving device;
• and
• a local head end in communication with the user receiving device communicating metadata and material identifiers for on-demand content, each on-demand content associated with one of the material identifiers;
• said user receiving device storing the metadata and the material identifiers for the on-demand content in a memory of the user receiving device;
• said local head end receiving content, each content associated with one of the material identifiers;
• said user receiving device communicating a request for on-demand content data signal to the local head end;
• said local head end communicating a manifest comprising material identifiers for content stored at the head end;
• said user receiving device, in response to receiving the manifest, retrieving metadata for the material identifiers in the manifest from the memory of the user receiving device;
• and
• displaying metadata on a display associated with the user receiving device corresponding to the material identifiers.