Providing supplemental content for media assets

A method for displaying user generated supplemental multimedia content, said method comprising:

• receiving user generated supplemental multimedia content;
• matching said user generated supplemental multimedia content with a media asset using metadata included in said user generated supplemental multimedia content and also included in said media asset;
• and
• forwarding said user generated supplemental multimedia content along with said media asset or a list of media assets to user equipment in response to a request for said media asset or said list of media assets.

An apparatus for generating supplemental multimedia content for a media asset, comprising:

• an access module, said access module accessing a library of material on a server, said material representing pre-approved portions of said media asset for use in generating said supplemental multimedia content;
• a generate supplemental multimedia content module, said generate supplemental multimedia content module generating said supplemental multimedia content by adding user supplied content related to said media asset to said pre-approved portions of said media asset, said generate supplemental multimedia content module being in communication with said access module;
• and
• an upload generated supplemental multimedia content module, said upload generated supplemental multimedia content module uploading, to the server, said generated supplemental multimedia content for display with said media asset or a list of media assets, said upload generated supplemental multimedia content module being in communication with said generate supplemental multimedia content module, said upload generated supplemental multimedia content module being in communication with said server.

A server of a media service provider for displaying user generated supplemental multimedia content, comprising:

• a communications interface, said communications interface receiving user generated supplemental multimedia content and storing said user generated supplemental multimedia content in a first storage unit;
• a matching media assets module, said matching media assets module matching said user generated supplemental multimedia content with a media asset using metadata included in said user generated supplemental multimedia content and also included in said media asset, said media assets stored in a second storage unit;
• and
• said communications interface forwarding said user generated supplemental multimedia content along with said media asset or a list of media assets to user equipment in response to a request for said media asset or said list of media assets.