Method for providing subscription-on-demand services

A method for providing a subscription-on-demand service in an interactive information distribution system, the method comprising:

• providing access to all on-demand programs available in an interactive information distribution system for allowing a subscriber to select two or more on-demand programs of said on-demand programs available in the interactive information distribution system to create a paid personal active on-demand content subscription containing only the two or more on-demand programs selected by the subscriber, wherein each one of the plurality of on-demand programs are purchased individually;
• receiving a single payment from the subscriber to create the paid personal on-demand content subscription, wherein the paid personal on-demand content subscription provides access to only the two or more on-demand programs that are individually selected by the subscriber and wherein the single payment for the paid personal on demand content subscription enables a subscriber to be authorized to access any one of the on-demand programs in paid personal on-demand content subscription without further payment;
• providing a user selectable channel having associated with it, a list of on-demand content subject to controlled access;
• receiving identification of the subscriber and an associated subscriber terminal in response to selection of a program from the list of on-demand content;
• determining whether the identification is associated with the created paid personal on-demand content subscription;
• and
• in response to receiving the single payment from the subscriber for the paid personal on-demand content subscription, sending authorization to the subscriber terminal associated with the received identification, wherein the authorization enables access by the subscriber to at least the program selected and other programs on the list of on-demand content within the paid personal on-demand content subscription.

A service product by a process for providing a subscription-on-demand service in an interactive information distribution system, the process comprising:

• providing access to all on-demand programs available in an interactive information distribution system for allowing a subscriber to select two or more on-demand programs of said on-demand programs available in the interactive information distribution system to create a personal active on-demand content subscription containing only the two or more on-demand programs selected by the subscriber, wherein each one of the plurality of on-demand programs are purchased individually;
• receiving a single payment from the subscriber to create the personal active on-demand subscription, wherein the personal active on-demand subscription provides access to only the two or more on-demand programs that are individually selected by the subscriber and wherein the single payment for the personal active on-demand subscription enables a subscriber to be authorized to access any one of the on-demand programs in the personal active on-demand subscription without further payment;
• receiving identification in response to a selection of a controlled access channel;
• and
• in response to receiving the single payment from the subscriber for the personal active on-demand subscription sending authorization to a subscriber terminal, wherein the authorization enables access by the subscriber to at least a portion of the on-demand programs associated with a user selectable channel to provide a subscription access to one of the on-demand programs in the personal active on-demand content subscription without further payment.