Inthispaper,abroadbandmultimediaapplicationplatform,BaMAP,isintroduced.TheBaMAPaimstooffercontentandserviceprovidersagoodintegratedenvironmentforefficientcontentproduction,management,deliveryandsharing.Itsupportslarge-scalehierarchicalstorage,aswellasmechanismsforcontentdistributionandqueriesfromremotenodes.Theon-demandservice,partoftheBaMAP,offerstwoaccessinterfaces,DVB-CandIP,whichallowtheplatformtorunonmostoftheexistingaccessnetworks.
