Abstract: Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for managing access to media content. Aspects include receiving, by a media service provider from a subscriber, a request for a limited access to one or more media content items and creating, by the media service provider in response to the request, a token that grants the limited access to the one or more media content items. Aspects also include receiving, by the media service provider, the token from a non-subscriber and providing, by the media service provider, the limited access to the one or more media content items to the non-subscriber.