Patent ID: 8677403

Claim:
A method for administering a video channel comprising a plurality of video feeds, comprising: coupling a head-end computer to a transmission station, the transmission station receiving the plurality of video feeds; arranging a plurality of icons on a monitor of the head-end computer to emulate a video layout to be presented; associating, using the head-end computer, a video feed of the plurality of video feeds with an icon of the plurality of icons; associating, using the head-end computer, a separate data stream with the video feed and the icon in the plurality of icons, wherein the separate data stream comprises a plurality of individual fields; upon selection of the icon in the plurality of icons, displaying, on a first screen, the plurality of individual fields and corresponding automatically generated data from the separate data stream associated with the video feed; displaying, for each of the individual fields, an option to utilize the automatically generated data from the separate data stream or to replace the automatically generated data with manually entered data; receiving input that specifies which individual fields of the plurality of individual fields are to be displayed within the icon; displaying a video selection menu on a second screen wherein: the video selection menu accepts input that determines the content of the video feed; and the content of the video feed is selectable from a variety of feeds relating to an event; and editing at least one of a content of the video feed and a value within the automatically generated data from the separate data stream associated with the video feed on the first screen at the computer by manually replacing at least one of the content of the video feed and the value within the automatically generated data prior to transmission of the video feeds and the automatically generated data.