System and method for interacting with a program guide displayed on a portable electronic device

A controlling device for controlling the operation of a consumer electronic device, comprising:

• a touch-sensitive display;
• a transmitting device;
• a processing device coupled to the touch-sensitive display and the transmitting device;
• and
• a memory storing instructions executable by the processing device, the instructions causing the processing device to:
• display in the touch-sensitive display a plurality of broadcast channel identifiers each corresponding to a broadcast channel wherein a designation of a one of the broadcast channel identifiers of the displayed plurality of broadcast channel identifiers is capable of causing the controlling device to transmit a command to control at least channel tuning operations of each of a plurality of consumer electronic devices;
• receive a signal from the touch-sensitive display indicative of a designation of the one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers;
• and
• use the signal indicative of the designation of the one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers to cause the transmitting device to transmit a wireless signal to a one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to thereby cause the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices to tune to the broadcast channel corresponding to the designated one of the plurality of broadcast channel identifiers wherein a condition associated with the controlling device determines the one of the plurality of consumer electronic devices from amongst each of the plurality of consumer electronic devices.