System and method for controlling provision of content over a television network

An apparatus for use in providing content received over a television network, comprising:

• a first interface that provides content to a television set corresponding to a customer identifier;
• a second interface that provides the content to a recording device;
• and
• a processor for executing instructions contained in a computer program accessible to the processor, the computer program comprising:
• instructions to receive an input corresponding to the customer identifier to block a selected content from recording on the recording device;
• and
• instructions to block recording of the selected content in response to the received input.

A computer-readable medium accessible to a processor for executing instructions contained in a computer program embedded in the computer readable medium, the computer program comprising:

• instructions to receive television content from a network corresponding to a customer identifier;
• instructions to record a selected content from the received content in response to a first input corresponding to the customer identifier;
• and
• instructions to block at least a portion of the recorded content from displaying on a television set in response to a second input corresponding to the customer identifier.

A system for providing a television service, comprising:

• a database that stores customer information, including a customer identifier;
• a server linked to a CPE;
• a computer readable medium accessible to the server to execute instructions contained in a computer program embedded in the computer-readable medium, the computer program comprising:
• instructions to receive an input from a remote device corresponding to the customer identifier to block a selected content from a recording device associated with the CPE;
• and instructions to transmit information to the CPE to block the selected content from recording on the recording device.

A method of providing a television service, comprising:

• receiving content over a television network corresponding to a customer identifier;
• receiving an input corresponding to the customer identifier to block recording of a selected content on a recording device;
• and
• blocking the selected content from recording on the recording device.