Aspects of the disclosure relate to the delivery of media content over a network. The deformation element has an essentially U-shaped profile, on free end regions of which is disposed a flange at least in certain regions. A predetermined time base decompression is performed on the AD converted signal every signal portion by the first clock signal and a second, lower frequency clock signal which is supplied separately from the first clock signal. The at least one portion of the at least one article is stored if the at least one portion of the at least one article is determined to be not present on the at least one device.