Set-top box-based TV streaming and redirecting

1. A method, comprising:

receiving at a set-top box a video packet stream from a remote television server via an internet protocol television network;

decoding the video packet stream to produce unrendered video data;

encoding the unrendered video data to produce encoded video data;

rendering the unrendered video data to produce rendered video data;

providing the rendered video data at an output of the set-top box; and

providing the encoded video data to a network for transmission to a remote device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving at the set-top box a request from the remote device for the encoded video data; and

wherein providing the encoded video data comprises providing the encoded video data in response to the request.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

authenticating the remote device in response to the request for the encoded video data; and

wherein providing the encoded video data comprises providing the encoded video data in response to authenticating the remote device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is a cellular phone.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is a computer device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video packet stream comprises a multicast video stream.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video packet stream comprises an internet protocol signal.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein encoding the unrendered video data comprises encrypting the unrendered video data.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein encoding the unrendered video data comprises changing an aspect ratio of the unrendered video data.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein encoding the unrendered video data comprises changing a bit rate of the unrendered video data.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein encoding the unrendered video data comprises changing a format of the unrendered video data.

12. A method, comprising:

receiving at a set-top box a plurality of video packet streams from at least one remote television server via an internet protocol television network;

decoding a first of the plurality of video packet streams to produce first unrendered video data;

receiving at the set-top box a first request from a first remote device for the first of the plurality of video packet streams;

encoding the first unrendered video data in response to the first request to produce first encoded video data; and

providing the first encoded video data to the first remote device.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

decoding a second of the plurality of videb packet streams to produce second unrendered video data;

rendering the second unrendered video data at the set-top box to produce rendered video data; and

providing the rendered video data to a display device.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising,

decoding a second of the plurality of video packet streams to produce second unrendered video data;

receiving at the set-top box a second request from the first remote device for the second of the plurality of video streams;

encoding the second unrendered video data in response to the first request to produce second encoded video data; and

providing the second encoded video data to the first remote device.

15. A method, comprising:

requesting video content from a set-top box networked to a remote television server over an interne television network;

receiving from the set-top box encoded video data derived from a decoded video packet stream from the television server;

decoding the encoded video data to produce decoded video data; and

displaying the decoded video data.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein receiving encoded video data comprises receiving encoded video data at a mobile device.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the mobile device is selected from the group consisting of a mobile phone, a personal data assistant, and a portable computer.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

communicating authentication information to the set-top box; and

wherein receiving the encoded video data comprises receiving the encoded video data in response to communicating the authentication information.

19. The method of claim 15 , further comprising decrypting the encoded video data.

20. A set-top box, comprising:

a decoding module configured to receive a video packet stream from a remote television server via an interne protocol television network and to convert the video packet stream to unrendered video data;

an encoder configured to convert the unrendered video data to encoded video data; and

a server module configured to provide the encoded video data to a remote device via a network.

21. The set-top box of claim 20 , further comprising:

a control module configured to receive a request from the remote device for video content associated with the encoded video data.

22. The set-top box of claim 21 , wherein the control module is further configured to receive requests from a remote control device for video content.

23. The set-top box of claim 20 , further comprising a renderer configured to convert the unrendered video data to rendered video data for display at a local display device.