Abstract: A server for satisfying user requests for programming information pertaining to digital media. The server includes a communication facility for communicating with a plurality of users over a network, a plurality of receivers for receiving digital media content and its related metadata, an interface for receiving a user request for programming information pertaining to the digital media, an authentication mechanism between the user, a user authorized device, and a user profile on the server, a processor for interpreting the user request for digital media, a creator for creating instructions and for defining a graphical interface, a display mechanism for displaying the graphical interface, and a module for receiving client device capabilities for adapting displaying format of electronic program guides.