1. A method for managing blackout control, the method comprising: maintaining a plurality of virtual integrated receiver decoders (VIRDs) in a central data server in a service provider's domain, wherein each VIRD is associated with a blackout region serviced by a service provider, and each VIRD has an address registered with a content programmer; receiving transport streams via an uplink path from the content programmer; receiving a retune message corresponding to at least one transport stream, the retune message identifying a VIRD address and at least one service in a transport stream designated for blackout to the region corresponding to the identified VIRD address; and in the central data server, encrypting content including the at least one service for delivery to decryptors in a plurality of regions serviced by the service provider, wherein the encrypting blacks out at least one service in the region corresponding to the identified VIRD address.