A system and method that integrates a plurality of media service systems
offering different multimedia services such as media storage,
syndication, delivery, and billing services. The system and method also
provides automated file transcoding. In embodiment, a method of the
present invention includes receiving a plurality of physical media files,
organizing the plurality of physical media files so that different
bit-rates and formats of a single source material are organized into a
media database entity, receiving user specified delivery settings for the
distribution of the physical media file, generating a release database
entity storing the delivery settings of the physical media file,
generating an address indicating the storage location of the release, and
transmitting the address to a remote computing device.