Shared television sessions

摘要

Shared television sessions are described. In embodiment(s), television content can be received via a tuner of a tuner device. A shared television session can be established between rendering devices that share the tuner of the tuner device to receive the television content. A tuner configuration input can be received when initiated at a rendering device, and the tuner configuration input can be communicated to the tuner device to change the television content. The tuner device can receive different television content via the tuner according to the tuner configuration input. Tuner update data associated with the tuner configuration input can then be communicated to update the rendering devices that further share the tuner of the tuner device to receive the different television content.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
establishing, at a receiver device, a media content session to enable rendering devices to receive media content from the receiver; receiving a join request to join the shared media content session from a rendering device; causing display of the join request at one or more rendering devices that are already connected in the shared media content session; and joining the rendering device in the shared media content session if an approval of the join request is received from one or more of the rendering devices that are already connected in the shared media content session.