System and/or method for distributing media content

A method for use by a media device including a computing platform having a processor, a display, a memory, and a rendering application in the memory for execution by the processor, the method comprising:

• playing, using the rendering application executed by the processor, a video on the display, the video having a plurality of protected segments and a plurality of gating segments;
• rendering, using the rendering application executed by the processor, while playing the video on the display, a timeline of the video on the display, the timeline showing a representation of a temporal progression of the video;
• inhibiting a first segment of the plurality of protected segments from being played until a first corresponding segment of the plurality of gating segments is played:
• and
• visually distinguishing the first segment of the plurality of protected segments from a second segment of the plurality of protected segments with a second corresponding segment of the plurality of gating segments that has been played.