System and method for the broadcast dissemination of time-ordered data

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium whose contents enable a computing device to perform a method for transmitting temporally-ordered data, the method comprising:

• dividing the temporally-ordered data into a sequence of segments, wherein the temporally-ordered data is video or audio program data;
• dividing the sequence of segments into multiple fragments for repetitive transmission,
• wherein each of the multiple fragments has a length, and
• wherein the length is a function of the fragment's location within the sequence of segments;
• assigning a nominal transmission time to each of the multiple fragments within a segment,
• wherein the nominal transmission time for each of the multiple fragments of the segment is based on a time interval, and
• wherein the time interval is a function of the length of the segment and a number of fragments in the segment;
• sorting each of the multiple fragments in the segments in accordance with the nominal transmission times;
• and
• transmitting each of the multiple fragments in the sorted order at a fixed data rate,
• wherein the fixed data rate is based on a harmonic mean of time intervals for the segments,
• wherein a time between transmission of each of the multiple fragments is equal to the harmonic mean of the time intervals for the segments, and
• wherein the transmission is to one or more televisions or display devices for replaying the video or audio program data.