Media processing system supporting personal advertisement channel and advertisement insertion into broadcast media

摘要

Certain embodiments of the invention for providing advertisements in a communication network may comprise receiving an advertisement on a television within a home, for example, on a personal advertisement channel. The received advertisement may be scheduled for viewing within the personal advertisement channel. Media corresponding to the received advertisement may be displayed or scheduled to be displayed on the television. Data representative of the received advertisement such as graphical data, textural data, audio data and/or video data may be presented in an available slot in a channel guide. A user profile may be provided that may contain information indicating a particular type of advertisement that is to be received. A determination may be made as to whether data representative of the particular type of advertisement is within the established profile and if so, that particular type of advertisement may be received.