Patent ID: 8826347

Claim:
A method for managing channels for delivery of video content from multiple platforms, comprising: maintaining a data storage facility comprising data for a plurality of available video channels, wherein a first portion of video channels are video content sources that are controlled by a service provider and a second portion of the video channels are over-the-top video content sources that are not under any control of the service provider; by a processor, implementing a package generation module provides a service provider user interface that, in operation: displays data relating to the plurality of video channels, receives a selection of a set of video channels from the displayed data, wherein the set includes at least one channel from the first portion and at least one channel from the second portion, compiles the set of the video channels into a subscriber package, assigns a name to the subscriber package, and stores the defined package and name in a data storage facility for offering to a subscriber of content from the service provider.