Individual internet video link channel

A system for establishing an Internet Video Link (IVL) service category, comprising:

• a processor for communicating a user request to an IVL service manager to create a new service category at the user site;
• a video display device controlled by a user, wherein the user enters a service category name or User Resource Locator (URL) via an input device associated with the video display device;
• the processor operative to instantiate a background process to establish the new service category created using the input service category name or URL;
• the processor also operative to provision the new service category with video content from user local and interne sources of video content;
• and
• the video display device providing access to the new IVL service category after an automatic refresh action by the processor to present the new IVL service category to the user.

A computer readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed on a programmed processor, carry out a process for establishing an Internet Video Link (IVL) service category comprising:

• communicating a user request to an IVL service manager to create a new service category at the user site;
• entering a service category name or User Resource Locator (URL) via an input device associated with a video display device controlled by the user;
• establishing the new service category as a background process wherein the new service category is created using the input service category name or URL;
• provisioning the new service category with video content from user local and interne sources of video content;
• and
• refreshing the IVL service automatically to include access to the new IVL service category on the user video display device.