System and method to efficiently broadcast television video and audio streams through the internet from a source in single leading time zone to multiple destinations in lagging time zones

摘要

According to one embodiment of the invention, a method for improving video quality by leveraging time zone delays occurring during transmissions of programs. The method comprises an operation of determining a time zone delay between a broadcasting source of a program and a targeted destination for the program. Thereafter, the program is transmitted to the targeted destination where the resolution is equal to at least twice of a normal resolution and/or transmission data rate is equal to no more than one-half of a normal transmission data rate.