Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an access
device for generating an Internet Protocol (IP) broadband video service
bill, the method includes: returning, by an access device, authorization
information indicating whether the user is allowed to watch or preview
based on watching or previewing right of the user when a user demands a
program, recording the joining time point of the user, and sending
received multicast stream to a port of the user; recording, by the access
device, leaving time point of the user when the user stops watching or
previewing the program demanded; sending, by the access device, original
bill of the user to a video service support system; wherein the original
bill includes the program demanded by the user, joining time point and
leaving time point; processing, by the video service support system, the
original bill to get much statistic data such as a real-time bill and
audience rating.