ELECTRONIC PROGRAM GUIDE WITH SUPPORT FOR ENRICHED PROGRAM CONTENTS.

摘要

A method for an interactive television program guide to configure the recovered television content from the digital television inputs on the user television equipment (40), having a screen, on which the black areas (22, 24 , 42, 44) either the upper or lower part, or to the left or to the right of a displayed program that is being broadcast with an aspect ratio that does not match the aspect ratio of the television equipment screen user (40), characterized in that: the interactive content is placed in the black areas (22, 24, 42, 44); it allows the user to navigate in an indicator displayed on the screen between the contents; provides the user the opportunity to use the interactive television program guide to select a particular content when the user is navigating the indicator to the particular content; and executes an operation associated with the particular content when the user selects the particular content.