Patent ID: 8782687

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: receiving a first input signal and a second input signal; detecting a first modulation type of the first input signal and a second modulation type of the second input signal; demodulating the first input signal at a cable demodulator to generate a first demodulated signal if the first modulation type corresponds to cable television or at a satellite demodulator to generate the first demodulated signal if the first modulation type corresponds to satellite television; demodulating the second input signal at the cable demodulator to generate a second demodulated signal if the second modulation type corresponds to the cable television or at the satellite demodulator to generate the second demodulated signal if the second modulation type corresponds to the satellite television; reading, from a removable memory card, first conditional access and digital rights management data associated with a cable service provider and second conditional access and digital rights management data associated with a first satellite service provider; enabling cable television services of the cable service provider according to the first conditional access and digital rights management data and first satellite television services of the first satellite services provider according to the second conditional access and digital rights management data; decoding the first demodulated signal to generate a first decoded signal; decoding the second demodulated signal to generate a second decoded signal; presenting the first decoded signal and the second decoded signal at a display according to a channel selection; and receiving a third conditional access and digital rights management data associated with a second satellite service provider; responsive to receiving the conditional access and digital rights management data: storing the third conditional access and digital rights management data at the removable memory card; disabling the first satellite television services of the first satellite service provider; and enabling second satellite television services of the second satellite service provider.