A television receiver comprising: one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with, and readable by, the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive, from a user of the television receiver, a set of viewing rules that define a focus preference of the user, wherein the set of viewing rules comprises: a first set of rules defining a preferred focus order of a plurality of pieces of content; and a second set of rules defining a front-end switch condition and a separately defined back-end switch condition, wherein: the front-end switch condition identifies when a focus shift off of a piece of content is to occur; and the back-end switch condition identifies when a focus shift back to the piece of content is to occur following the front-end switch condition concluding; cause the television receiver to output, to a presentation device, a video mosaic simultaneously comprising the plurality of pieces of content presented as a plurality of tiles, wherein each piece of content is linked with a corresponding audio stream from a plurality of audio streams; select a piece of content for focus from the plurality of pieces of content based on the set of viewing rules defined by the user, without requiring user input; and cause the television receiver to output only an audio stream linked with the piece of content being focused on from among the plurality of audio streams. one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with, and readable by, the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: receive, from a user of the television receiver, a set of viewing rules that define a focus preference of the user, wherein the set of viewing rules comprises: a first set of rules defining a preferred focus order of a plurality of pieces of content; and a second set of rules defining a front-end switch condition and a separately defined back-end switch condition, wherein: the front-end switch condition identifies when a focus shift off of a piece of content is to occur; and the back-end switch condition identifies when a focus shift back to the piece of content is to occur following the front-end switch condition concluding; cause the television receiver to output, to a presentation device, a video mosaic simultaneously comprising the plurality of pieces of content presented as a plurality of tiles, wherein each piece of content is linked with a corresponding audio stream from a plurality of audio streams; select a piece of content for focus from the plurality of pieces of content based on the set of viewing rules defined by the user, without requiring user input; and cause the television receiver to output only an audio stream linked with the piece of content being focused on from among the plurality of audio streams. receive, from a user of the television receiver, a set of viewing rules that define a focus preference of the user, wherein the set of viewing rules comprises: a first set of rules defining a preferred focus order of a plurality of pieces of content; and a second set of rules defining a front-end switch condition and a separately defined back-end switch condition, wherein: the front-end switch condition identifies when a focus shift off of a piece of content is to occur; and the back-end switch condition identifies when a focus shift back to the piece of content is to occur following the front-end switch condition concluding; cause the television receiver to output, to a presentation device, a video mosaic simultaneously comprising the plurality of pieces of content presented as a plurality of tiles, wherein each piece of content is linked with a corresponding audio stream from a plurality of audio streams; select a piece of content for focus from the plurality of pieces of content based on the set of viewing rules defined by the user, without requiring user input; and cause the television receiver to output only an audio stream linked with the piece of content being focused on from among the plurality of audio streams. a first set of rules defining a preferred focus order of a plurality of pieces of content; and a second set of rules defining a front-end switch condition and a separately defined back-end switch condition, wherein: the front-end switch condition identifies when a focus shift off of a piece of content is to occur; and the back-end switch condition identifies when a focus shift back to the piece of content is to occur following the front-end switch condition concluding; cause the television receiver to output, to a presentation device, a video mosaic simultaneously comprising the plurality of pieces of content presented as a plurality of tiles, wherein each piece of content is linked with a corresponding audio stream from a plurality of audio streams; select a piece of content for focus from the plurality of pieces of content based on the set of viewing rules defined by the user, without requiring user input; and cause the television receiver to output only an audio stream linked with the piece of content being focused on from among the plurality of audio streams.