Apparatus, systems and methods for control of media content event recording

A method that records media content events using a media device, the method comprising:

• recording, by the media device, a media content event that is being received by the media device, wherein the broadcast of the media content event is associated with at least a scheduled broadcast start time defining when the broadcast of the media content is scheduled to begin and a scheduled broadcast end time defining when the broadcast of the media content event is scheduled to end;
• analyzing each image frame of subsequently received image frames from the media content event by the media device in response to detecting that time has reached a predefined closing credits monitor time, wherein the closing credits monitor time is prior to the scheduled broadcast end time, and wherein for each analyzed image frame of the subsequently received image frames, the method further comprises:
• analyzing, by the media device, the image frame to identify an occurrence of an attribute in the analyzed image frame, wherein the attribute is an icon associated with one of a plurality of production companies that produce the media content events;
• comparing, by the media device, the attribute in the analyzed image frame with a corresponding predefined closing credits attribute retrieved from a memory medium of the media device, wherein the attribute is an predefined icon associated with a production company that produced the media content event that is shown in the closing credits of the media content event that is being recorded, and wherein the corresponding predefined closing credit attribute is received in at least one of electronic program guide (ERG) information and information from a remote electronic device with a remote closing credits databased of predefined closing credits attributes, and wherein the received predefined closing credits attribute is stored in the memory medium prior to the analyzing each image frame of subsequently received image frames for comparing with the icon that has been identified in the analyzed image frame of the media content event being recorded;
• determining, by the media device, that the analyzed image frame includes closing credits of the media content event when the attribute in the analyzed image frame matches the corresponding predefined closing credits attribute;
• and
• initiating an end of the recording of the media content event in response to determining that the identified attribute in the analyzed image frame corresponds to the predefined closing credits attribute.