Rules-based content management

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• storing, in a repository, video on demand content and metadata associated with the video on demand content, wherein the metadata comprises information describing the video on demand content, wherein the repository is organized in hierarchies according to the metadata;
• assigning different security to the video on demand content in the repository according to a location in the hierarchies;
• retrieving business rules and a license that are embedded within the metadata, wherein the business rules control processing and delivery of the video on demand content through a system, wherein the business rules include a release date for the video on demand content;
• deleting portions of the video on demand content according to the metadata and the business rules when the video on demand content has been found to be released before the release date;
• distributing the video on demand content to devices selected via multicasting according to the business rules embedded within the metadata;
• prioritizing deliveries, updates, and deletions of the video on demand content based on a quality of service parameter and based on the metadata, the license and the business rules;
• and
• grouping a portion of the video on demand content together for related processing according to the business rules,
• wherein the information describing the video on demand content comprises a data format type, a category, an index scene and an identifier of the video on demand content.

A method, comprising:

• storing, by a system comprising a processor, video on demand content and metadata associated with the video on demand content in a repository, wherein the metadata comprises information describing the video on demand content, wherein the repository is organized in hierarchies according to the metadata;
• assigning, by the system, different security to the video on demand content in the repository according to a location in the hierarchies;
• retrieving, by the system, business rules and a license that are embedded within the metadata, wherein the business rules control processing and delivery of the video on demand content through a system, wherein the business rules include a release date for the video on demand content;
• deleting, by the system, portions of the video on demand content according to the metadata and the business rules when the video on demand content has been found to be released before the release date;
• distributing, by the system, the video on demand content to devices selected via multicasting according to the business rules embedded within the metadata;
• prioritizing, by the system, deliveries, updates, and deletions of the video on demand content based on a quality of service parameter and based on the metadata, the license and the business rules;
• and
• grouping, by the system, a portion of the video on demand content together for related processing according to the business rules,
• wherein the information describing the video on demand content comprises a data format type, a category, an index scene and an identifier of the video on demand content.