Patent ID: 8745661

Claim:
A method for sports-related media content tuning in a multi-tuner system, the method comprising: tuning to a first sporting event on a first television channel with a first tuner; tuning to a second sporting event on a second television channel with a second tuner; storing an identifier indicating one of the first sporting event and the second sporting event is a primary sporting event; receiving a user request to tune to a first media content that is not currently tuned by either the first tuner or the second tuner; in response to receiving the user request: determining, based on the stored identifier, by the control circuitry, which of the first and second tuners is tuned to the primary sporting event; selecting, by the control circuitry, a tuner other than the tuner tuned to the primary sporting event based on the determination; and tuning to the first media content with the selected tuner, whereby the first media content is tuned without tuning away from the primary sporting event.