1. A method comprising: generating an interface at a site on a network for display on a user computer, a plurality of media files from a plurality of media file providers being made available to said user computer via said network using said interface; defining a set of metadata attributes relating to said plurality of media files, each of said metadata attributes in the set having a respective predetermined location in said interface, said respective predetermined location for a given metadata attribute being a same location in said interface regardless of media file or media file provider; compiling said plurality of media files for use with said interface, wherein said plurality of media files is compiled from a plurality of media file providers; associating metadata attributes from the set of metadata attributes with each of said plurality of media files; and mapping each of said associated metadata attributes to its respective predetermined location in said interface, so that in said interface for said user each of said associated metadata attributes appears at its respective predetermined same location in said interface for all of said media files and media file providers, wherein said interface comprises: a channel description portion to display a plurality of channel selections corresponding to the plurality of media files provided by the plurality of media file providers for selection by said user; a show description portion to display one or more show selections, and in response to user selection of one of the channel selections said show description portion displays only those show selections corresponding to the channel selection; an episode description portion to display one or more episode selections, and in response to user selection of one of the show selections said episode description portion displays only those episode selections corresponding to the show selection; and a viewer to view media file content at the user computer, the media file content corresponding to the channel, show and episode selections made by the user using the interface.
1. A method comprising: generating an interface at a site on a network for display on a user computer, a plurality of media files from a plurality of media file providers being made available to said user computer via said network using said interface; defining a set of metadata attributes relating to said plurality of media files, each of said metadata attributes in the set having a respective predetermined location in said interface, said respective predetermined location for a given metadata attribute being a same location in said interface regardless of media file or media file provider; compiling said plurality of media files for use with said interface, wherein said plurality of media files is compiled from a plurality of media file providers; associating metadata attributes from the set of metadata attributes with each of said plurality of media files; and mapping each of said associated metadata attributes to its respective predetermined location in said interface, so that in said interface for said user each of said associated metadata attributes appears at its respective predetermined same location in said interface for all of said media files and media file providers, wherein said interface comprises: a channel description portion to display a plurality of channel selections corresponding to the plurality of media files provided by the plurality of media file providers for selection by said user; a show description portion to display one or more show selections, and in response to user selection of one of the channel selections said show description portion displays only those show selections corresponding to the channel selection; an episode description portion to display one or more episode selections, and in response to user selection of one of the show selections said episode description portion displays only those episode selections corresponding to the show selection; and a viewer to view media file content at the user computer, the media file content corresponding to the channel, show and episode selections made by the user using the interface. 11. The method of claim 1 wherein said interface is provided by an Internet provider and comprises one or more web pages to present media content corresponding to any of said plurality of media files such that said interface provides a consistent user experience with respect to the media content provided by said plurality of media files regardless of a plurality of network sources corresponding to said plurality of media files.