According to the invention, said communications network including at least one network recorder able to record audiovisual content broadcast on a plurality of broadcast channels, said audiovisual content being recorded at the request of a user having a communications terminal able to communicate with at least one network recorder, said method comprises the following steps: the network recorder identifying itself, indicating at least: a means of access to said recorder, a list of broadcast channels, the user selecting a network recorder able to record at least one required audiovisual content and connecting thereto using said access means in order to request the recording of said at least one audiovisual content, said request including an identification of the audiovisual content to be recorded, and the network recorder sending a response to the user's recording request containing, if the request is accepted, an identification of the accepted recording request for each content to be recorded. Application to remote recording of audiovisual content.