Media content discovery in an integrated media service that distributes media content by way of a plurality of different media distribution models

A method comprising:

• providing, by a media service provider system, an end user of a media service with access to a media program by way of a plurality of different media distribution models;
• providing, by the media service provider system for display on a display screen, a browse view that includes a distribution model filter tool having a plurality of user-selectable filter options corresponding to the plurality of different media distribution models;
• receiving, by the media service provider system, a user selection of one of the plurality of user-selectable filter options corresponding to one of the plurality of different media distribution models;
• providing, by the media service provider system in response to the user selection, a filtered browse view for display on the display screen, the filtered browse view providing a user interface context in which only media programs accessible by way of the one of the plurality of different media distribution models corresponding to the one of the plurality of user-selectable filter options are represented;
• receiving, by the media service provider system within the filtered browse view, a user request for information about the media program;
• and
• providing, by the media service provider system in response to the user request, an information view for the media program for display on the display screen, the information view for the media program including comprehensive information about the media program, the comprehensive information being an aggregate of non-redundant information about the media program associated with the plurality of different media distribution models.

A system comprising:

• at least one computing device that includes:
• a media distribution facility that provides an end user of a media service with access to a media program by way of a plurality of different media distribution models,
• a media catalogue management facility that maintains data representative of a catalogue that includes comprehensive information about the media program, the comprehensive information being an aggregate of non-redundant information about the media program obtained from a plurality of independent source catalogues corresponding to the plurality of different media distribution models, and
• a user interface facility that provides, based on the comprehensive information included in the catalogue, a media service user interface that supports discovery of the comprehensive information about the media program regardless of a user interface context from which a user request for information about the media program is received.