A system and method for managing and provisioning streamed data by
controlling, measuring and monitoring access to multicasted and/or
unicasted data over a network includes a director, a hierarchy of
participant managers, and a turnstile installed at each participant to
which the data is to be delivered. Content providers provide information
associated with an event (i.e., data) to the director. The director
oversees the delivery of the event to a participant. In particular, the
director provisions network resources and provides a ticket to the event
to the participant. The participant acquires the ticket, either directly
or indirectly from the director. When the participant attempts to access
the event, the locally installed turnstile authenticates the ticket
thereby gating access to the event. The turnstile also provides delivery
statistics associated with the delivery of the event to the director via
the hierarchy of participant managers.