A method for providing video to a customer premises equipment, the method
includes: receiving, by a radio frequency interface of a cable modem,
radio frequency signals; receiving by a data tuner out of multiple tuners
of the cable modem, radio frequency signals that convey data; detecting,
by a monitor of the cable modem, a request to receive a certain video
channel that is being broadcasted; wherein the request is sent to the
cable modem from a customer premises equipment; tuning a certain tuner
out of multiple tuners of the cable modem, in response to a mapping
between radio frequencies and video channels, to receive the certain
video channel; filtering out data layer encapsulation information that
encapsulates certain video channel information; and transmitting certain
video channel information to the customer premises equipment.