PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT INTERNET PROTOCOL TELEVISION STREAMS

摘要

Systems and methods for providing information about IPTV streams are described herein. In one implementation, a content viewing device (102) for providing information about Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) streams comprises a processor (108), and a content splitter module (116) coupled to the processor (108), the content splitter module (116) receives an IPTV stream as a composite content from a service provider of IPTV services and splits the composite content into primary content and background content. The content viewing device (102) further comprises a background content display (BGCD) module (118), coupled to the processor (108), to determine whether a user input to provide the background content of the primary content has been received. The BGCD module (118) thereafter provides the background content to the user on determining the receipt of the user input.