Abstract: An approach is provided for initiating generation of a media compilation based on one or more sampling criteria. A sampling platform determines at least one subset of one or more media items captured of at least one event. The sampling platform also partitions the at least one subset of the one or more media items into one or more bins and generates at least one compilation of the at least one subset of the one or more items based, at least in part, on whether the one or more media items in the one or more bins at least substantially meet one or more sampling criteria.

Abstract: An approach is provided for initiating generation of a media compilation based on one or more sampling criteria. A sampling platform determines at least one subset of one or more media items captured of at least one event. The sampling platform also partitions the at least one subset of the one or more media items into one or more bins and generates at least one compilation of the at least one subset of the one or more items based, at least in part, on whether the one or more media items in the one or more bins at least substantially meet one or more sampling criteria.

Abstract: An approach is provided for providing attribution to the creators of the components of a compound media. A device based architecture, a peer-to-peer architecture or a client-server architecture determines creator information for components of a compound media item. Then, the device based architecture, a peer-to-peer architecture or a client-server architecture causes, at least in part, a presentation of attribution indicators to associate the creator information with the components of a compound media item. Such presentation is caused substantially concurrently with a presentation of the compound media item.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory, computer program code, and processor configured to cause the apparatus to receive at least a first media content from a first device configured to capture media content and a second media content from a second device configured to capture media content. The apparatus may be configured to align the continuous media content from the first media content to the continuous media content from the second media content. The apparatus may be configured to measure the time intervals between the non-continuous media content and the continuous media content. The apparatus may be configured to align the non-continuous media content with respect to the continuous media content, based at least in part by the measured time intervals. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.