Abstract: A framework for online media distribution of media content that includes streaming video, and tracking of the media content and consumer engagement with the streaming video, is configured to disseminate programs that include media content for display on a publisher site, where the streaming video is embedded thereon. The framework allows consumers to interact with advertisers by engaging with the media content directly. The framework also enables video streaming capabilities on any affiliate network that connects publishers and advertisers, so that the distribution of media content is agnostic and independent of the affiliate networks' platforms. The framework reconciles all actions in such an end-to-end journey by integrating syntaxes of different systems from consumer to advertiser.

Abstract: A framework for online media distribution of media content that includes streaming video, and tracking of the media content and consumer engagement with the streaming video, is configured to disseminate programs that include media content for display on a publisher site, where the streaming video is embedded thereon. The framework allows consumers to interact with advertisers by engaging with the media content directly. The framework also enables video streaming capabilities on any affiliate network that connects publishers and advertisers, so that the distribution of media content is agnostic and independent of the affiliate networks' platforms. The framework reconciles all actions in such an end-to-end journey by integrating syntaxes of different systems from consumer to advertiser.

Abstract: A framework for online media distribution of media content that includes streaming video, and tracking of the media content and consumer engagement with the streaming video, is configured to disseminate programs that include media content for display on a publisher site, where the streaming video is embedded thereon. The framework allows consumers to interact with advertisers by engaging with the media content directly. The framework also enables video streaming capabilities on any affiliate network that connects publishers and advertisers, so that the distribution of media content is agnostic and independent of the affiliate networks' platforms. The framework reconciles all actions in such an end-to-end journey by integrating syntaxes of different systems from consumer to advertiser.

Abstract: A sports instructional method is disclosed. For man-to-man defense, players on opposing squads are “matched” as a function of their playing assignments. In some embodiments, such a match is made between a player from a first squad that has a defensive playing assignment that requires “guarding” or “covering” a player on a second squad that has a particular offensive playing assignment. Matched players are provided with “tags” that are visually associative of one another, such that the players will recognize each other as their coverage assignment. In various embodiments, the tag is a headband, an armband, etc. For zone defense, a first tag is used to demarcate a zone within a playing field, and a second tag that is visually associative of the first tag is provided to a player having a playing assignment that requires defending the demarcated zone. The second tag may be, for example, a line formed from lime, etc.