Providing over-the-air content to any device

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, perform operations for providing over-the-air (OTA) content to electronic devices, the operations comprising:

• automatically providing program listings of the OTA content to the electronic devices, wherein the program listings of the OTA content are displayed in user interfaces of the electronic devices, and wherein the OTA content is modulated and upconverted in electronic signals that are wirelessly broadcast by a first system external to a media system, and non-OTA content is streamed over the Internet by a second system external to the media system;
• receiving a user selection of particular OTA content from one of the electronic devices from the program listings of the OTA content, wherein the user selection includes an indication that the particular OTA content is OTA content;
• receiving the electronic signals containing the OTA content broadcast by the first system external to the media system using an antenna, in response to receiving the user selection of the particular OTA content;
• processing, using a tuner, the received electronic signals to extract the particular OTA content therefrom;
• and
• transmitting the extracted OTA content to said one of the electronic devices for playback on a screen of said one of the electronic devices,
• receiving a second user selection of particular non-OTA content from said one of the electronic devices;
• determining whether to synchronize audio and video of the non-OTA content in a buffer of the media system based on whether the second user selection indicates that the non-OTA content is for future on-demand viewing;
• in response to determining that the second user selection indicates that the non-OTA content is for immediate viewing, storing the non-OTA content in the buffer to synchronize the audio and video;
• and
• transmitting the synchronized audio and video of the non-OTA content to said one of the electronic devices.

A media device for providing over-the-air (OTA) content to electronic devices, comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
• automatically provide program listings of the OTA content to the electronic devices, wherein the program listings of the OTA content are displayed in user interfaces of the electronic devices, and wherein the OTA content is modulated and upconverted in electronic signals that are wirelessly broadcast by a first system external to the media device, and non-OTA content is streamed over the Internet by a second system external to the media device;
• receive a user selection of particular OTA content from one of the electronic devices from the program listings of the OTA content, wherein the user selection includes an indication that the particular OTA content is OTA content;
• receive the electronic signals containing the OTA content broadcast by the first system external to the media device using an antenna, in response to receiving the user selection of the particular OTA content;
• process, using a tuner, the received electronic signals to extract the particular OTA content therefrom;
• and
• transmit the extracted OTA content to said one of the electronic devices for playback on a screen of said one of the electronic devices;
• receive a second user selection of particular non-OTA content from said one of the electronic devices;
• determine whether to synchronize audio and video of the non-OTA content in a buffer of the media device based on whether the second user selection indicates that the non-OTA content is for future on-demand viewing;
• in response to determining that the second user selection indicates that the non-OTA content is for immediate viewing, store the non-OTA content in the buffer to synchronize the audio and video;
• and
• transmit the synchronized audio and video of the non-OTA content to said one of the electronic devices.

An electronic device that receives over-the-air (OTA) content, comprising:

• a memory;
• a screen;
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and the screen;
• and
• an app configured to, using the at least one processor:
• receive program listings of the OTA content, wherein the OTA content is modulated and upconverted in electronic signals that are wirelessly broadcast by a first system external to a media system, and non-OTA content is streamed over the Internet by a second system external to the media system;
• display the program listings of the OTA content in a user interface on the screen;
• receive a user selection of particular OTA content through user navigation of the user interface;
• provide the user selection to the media system, wherein the media system, using a tuner, processes electronic signals received by an antenna to extract the particular OTA content broadcast from the first system external to the media system therefrom, wherein the user selection includes an indication that the particular OTA content is OTA content;
• receive the extracted OTA content from the media system via the Internet;
• store the received OTA content in storage for future on-demand storage based on the user selection;
• play the received OTA content on the screen;
• and
• transmit a second user selection of particular non-OTA content from said one of the electronic devices,
• wherein the media system determines whether to synchronize audio and video of the non-OTA content in a buffer of the media system based on whether the second user selection indicates that the non-OTA content is for future on-demand viewing, wherein in response to determining that the second user selection indicates that the non-OTA content is for immediate viewing, the media system buffers the non-OTA content to synchronize the audio and video, and transmits the synchronized audio and video of the non-OTA content to the electronic device.