one or more movies audio selections and related multimedia between widely separated locations which is commonly done via special connections to high bandwidth transmission lines which are interconnected to form a point to point connection from a source or sender such as a multimedia server to a receiver such as a client personal terminal or device existing communication systems that provide such interconnection are now capable of supporting broadband data communication on both an inter subscriber terminal basis such as through an exchange or on a client server to subscriber terminal basis in either case both the subscriber terminal and the infrastructure equipment may contain a dedicated transmitter receiver device such as a modem for example current broadband access systems that provide interconnection may user use copper cabling i e u201c twisted pair u201d technology coaxial fiber based cable or combinations thereof and conventionally employ two transmitter receiver devices such as two broadband modems one at each end of the connection referring still to fig1 exemplary receivers 30 32 34 36 and 38 are adapted to communicate with sender 20 through their respective networks such as their respective access networks or local area networks lans as described earlier herein one exemplary connection may involve a broadband line a t1 t3 line frame relay fr atm an x 25 connection and or a wireless connection of some sort in accordance with the present invention receivers 30 32 34 36 and 38 will request a unicast information stream such as information streams 40 42 44 46 and 48 which are then provided to each requesting party or receiver by sender 20 during this initial phase or unicast phase 50 each of the information streams are provided or broadcast to each of the receivers in a unicast manner e g a separate.