Patent ID: 8266655

Claim:
A method for providing channel guide information listings, the method comprising: receiving, using processing circuitry, channel guide information listings, the received listings include channel guide information corresponding to at least two program sources, each program source operative to transmit a plurality of television channels; storing, using processing circuitry, a channel guide having program listings for the plurality of television channels, the channel guide includes the channel guide information corresponding to the at least two program sources, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive: a first program corresponding to a first one of the program listings, that corresponds to a first of the at least two sources, from the first source, and a second program corresponding to a second one of the program listings, that corresponds to a second of the at least two sources, from the second source; and simultaneously displaying, on a display device, at least some of the listings and a representation of each of the at least two program sources.