System for managing display of media items on an electronic display device

A system for managing display of a plurality of media items on an electronic display device screen of a specified screen format comprising:

• a plurality of defined screen division formats stored in an electronic memory, where each defined screen division format is configured to represent either the entire specified screen format or a portion of the specified screen format;
• a plurality of defined screen layouts stored in an electronic memory, each defined screen layout comprising either i) a defined screen division format configured to represent the entire specified screen format or ii) two or more defined screen division formats each configured to represent a portion of the specified screen format and which are spatially combined to form divisions which together represent the entire specified screen format;
• a plurality of media items, and groups or channels of media items stored in an electronic memory, each stored in one of the plurality of defined screen division formats;
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• a player program creator configured to create and store player program instructions in an electronic memory for controlling a media player to display media items on an electronic display device screen of the specified screen format selected from the plurality of media items and groups or channels of media items in accordance with a selected one or more of the defined screen layouts displayed in a selected sequence, wherein media items selected to be displayed in each defined screen division format of each selected defined screen layout are only selectable in the player program creator from media items stored in the corresponding screen division format.

A networked system for managing display of a plurality of media items on a plurality of electronic display device screens of a specified screen format comprising:

• a plurality of defined screen division formats stored in an electronic memory, where each defined screen division format is configured to represent either the entire specified screen format or a portion of the specified screen format;
• a plurality of defined screen layouts stored in an electronic memory, each defined screen layout comprising either i) a defined screen division format configured to represent the entire specified screen format or ii) two or more defined screen division formats each configured to represent a portion of the specified screen format and which are spatially combined to form divisions which together represent the entire specified screen format;
• a plurality of media items, and groups or channels of media items stored in an electronic memory, each stored in one of the plurality of defined screen division formats;
• a player program creator configured to create and store player program instructions in an electronic memory for controlling media players to display media items on the plurality of electronic display device screens selected from the plurality of media items, and groups or channels of media items in accordance with a selected one or more defined screen layouts displayed in a selected sequences, wherein media items selected to be displayed in each defined screen division format of each selected defined screen layout are only selectable in the player program creator from media items stored in the corresponding screen division format.