Patent ID: 8873938

Claim:
A method executable by a television receiver device having a plurality of television tuners that receive television programs via a plurality of different frequency bands, the method comprising: receiving, at the television receiver device, a request to obtain a first television program that is currently broadcast on a first channel of a first one of the different frequency bands; determining, by the television receiver device, that all available television tuners of the television receiver device are already tuned to receive other television channels that are broadcast on different frequency bands other than the first frequency band so that the television receiver device is not able to receive the first television program without disrupting reception of the other television channels; selecting, utilizing the content receiver, a set of content presentation options other than the first television program that the television receiver can provide in response to the request for the first television program, the set of options including at least one option to present a different program that is currently broadcast on one of the different frequency bands already being received by the television tuners of the television receiver device; and providing, utilizing the television receiver device, the set of content presentation options as an output to a presentation device.