Patent ID: 8782706

Claim:
A method for providing channel groups in an interactive media guidance application, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a user selection of a plurality of media channels, wherein the plurality of media channels is a subset of the media channels received by user equipment; defining a channel group that includes the user-selected media channels; associating an interactive channel group element with the defined channel group; generating for display a media listings grid comprising: a plurality of media listings for a plurality of channels, organized by channel; and the interactive channel group element for the channel group displayed as a channel; receiving, by the processor, a user selection of the interactive channel group element; responsive to receiving the user selection of the interactive channel group element, generating for display a list of functions of the guidance application available for execution on the channel group and generating for display a channel group screen providing information on the channel group, wherein the information includes media listings for the plurality of media channels of the channel group, and wherein an associated channel is identified for each of the media listings; receiving, while the channel group screen is displayed, a user command to initiate a function of the list of functions of the guidance application on the channel group; and executing the function on the channel group in response to the user command.