A method of broadcasting multimedia information items, a receiver of
multimedia information items broadcast by that method, and a user
interface for consulting the information items. The invention relates to
a method of broadcasting multimedia information items in a network
comprising a transmitter and at least one receiver of information, the
method including determining a class to which each information item
belongs, broadcasting ahead of time a descriptor relating to each
information item, at each receiver, qualifying the potential interest of
each information item on the basis of the descriptors received and as a
function of a user profile defined in the receiver, broadcasting the
information items associated with the descriptors previously broadcast,
and, in each receiver, storing locally each information item as a
function of the qualification based on the descriptors. The invention
also relates to a receiver and a user interface for consulting broadcast
information items.