1. A method for downloading media assets of a subscribed group of media assets, the method comprising: receiving an indication of interest in a subscription to a group of media assets; establishing a communication link with a content source; accessing the content source; checking the content source to determine whether a media asset is available in the subscription of interest; determining whether to download the media asset to a personal media device associated with a user based at least partially on whether the media asset has been previously accessed by a different device associated with the user and a user download preference of whether to download media assets that have been previously accessed by the user; and in response to determining that the media asset is to be downloaded, downloading the media asset to the personal media device.