Method for broadcasting streaming contents in a peer-to-peer network

A method for streaming, on a player of a client device, a broadcast content within a peer-to-peer network of client devices, said content consisting of a sequence of segments available in a plurality of levels of quality and said player being adapted to choose the level of quality of the segments in accordance with an adaptive bitrate (ABR) regulation logic;

• the client device comprising a first buffer adapted to store segments in a format suitable for transfer within the peer-to-peer network, the method being characterized in that it comprises the implementation, by data processing means of the client device, of steps of:
• (a) Receiving a request for a segment from the player
• (b) Providing, in response, said segment from the first buffer upon expiry of a response deadline defined with respect to said ABR logic of the player,
• wherein the required segment is available in incomplete form in the first buffer step (a) comprising the modification of the response deadline as a function of an estimated duration necessary to finish retrieving the segment, the segment being provided in complete form in step (b) at the earliest upon expiry of the modified response deadline.