A system and method for managing an application on a home user equipment, preferably a set-top-box of a television, the method includes the steps of: a) dividing the application into at least one separate executable application part, b) determining for each separate executable application part whether to be executed on the home user equipment or on a computational entity, located in the internet, c) transferring application parts determined for execution on the computational entity according to step b) to the computational entity, d) executing transferred application parts on the computational entity, e) returning results of executed application parts to the home user equipment, and f) synchronizing returned results with results of separate application parts executed on the home user equipment.