Methods and systems for retaining and displaying pause buffer indicia across channel changes

A method comprising:

• receiving content associated with a first channel;
• buffering at least some of the received content in a pause buffer;
• receiving multiple channel changes;
• receiving content associated with each of the multiple channel changes;
• buffering at least some of the content associated with the multiple channels in the pause buffer in a manner that preserves received content across the multiple channel changes;
• and
• presenting a navigation instrumentality to facilitate a viewer's navigation of the pause buffer's content.

One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed, implement a method comprising:

• receiving content associated with a first channel;
• buffering at least some of the received content in a pause buffer;
• receiving multiple channel changes;
• receiving content associated with each of the multiple channel changes;
• buffering at least some of the content associated with the multiple channels in the pause buffer in a manner that preserves received content across the multiple channel changes;
• and
• presenting a navigation instrumentality to facilitate a viewer's navigation of the pause buffer's content.