Electronic Programme Guide Media System and Method

Abstract

An electronic programme guide, EPG, media system (10) and a computer implemented media provision method for an electronic programme guide are disclosed. The system (10) comprises a data repository (20), a metadata repository (30), a media server (40) and a processor. The data repository (20) stores an encoded video file corresponding to each of a plurality of media assets and the metadata repository (30) stores metadata on each media asset linked to the encoded video file corresponding to the respective media asset. In response to the system (10) receiving a metadata query from an EPG (100) of a remote user device, a media item matching the metadata query is determined from the metadata in the metadata repository (30) and a link to the corresponding encoded video file is generated and communicated to the EPG (100). The link is operable to cause the media server (40) to serve the encoded video file to the remote user device for display as part of the EPG (100).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.