This paper concentrates on consumer devices and digital content consumption at home. We approach the topic from the perspective of our network operator partner and we ask how this operator can improve its content distribution from the current IPTV service. We propose a consumer device grid that is an integral part of the operator's IP network. Our proposal results in savings in the operator's data centers and in the home whilst offering more business opportunities for the operator and third party content providers.

This paper concentrates on consumer devices and digital content consumption at home. We approach the topic from the perspective of our network operator partner and we ask how this operator can improve its content distribution from the current IPTV service. We propose a consumer device grid that is an integral part of the operator's IP network. Our proposal results in savings in the operator's data centers and in the home whilst offering more business opportunities for the operator and third party content providers.

Even if communication networks have become increasingly ubiquitous in nature offering connections from anywhere, often most both wireless connections and especially the fixed connection at home reach a data center at an operator facility. Operators struggle to facilitate the Internet growth. We approach the topic from the perspective of our network operator partner and we ask how this operator can improve its content distribution from the current IPTV service. We propose a consumer device grid that is an integral part of the operator's IP network. Our proposal results in savings in the operator's data centers and in the home whilst offering more business opportunities for the operator and third party content providers.

This demonstration presents the Digital Content Distribution Management System (DiMaS). DiMaS proves as a concept that it is possible to make a system for multimedia producing communities to publish their work on highly popular P2P networks, and importantly, the system enables producers to insert content metadata, to manage intellectual property and usage rights, and to charge for the consumption. All this can be done without introducing another new content or metadata file format and a dedicated client application to read the format.