Systems and methods for presenting media program accessibility information in a media program browse view

A method comprising:

• providing, by a media service provider system for display in a media program browse view on a display screen, a cover art image object representing a media program within a grid of cover art image objects representing a plurality of media programs accessible through a media program distribution service;
• determining, by the media service provider system, a plurality of status indicators for the media program, the plurality of status indicators respectively associated with a plurality of media distribution models by way of which the media program represented by the cover art image object is accessible through the media program distribution service;
• selecting, by the media service provider system from the plurality of status indicators, a status indicator to associate with the cover art image object representing the media program;
• and
• providing, by the media service provider system and for display in the media program browse view together with the cover art image object, a graphical object representing the selected status indicator.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a user interface facility that directs the processor to
• provide, for display in a graphical user interface, a media program browse view including a grid comprising a plurality of cover art image objects representing a plurality of media programs,
• determine a media distribution model by way of which a media program included in the plurality of media programs and represented by a cover art image object included in the plurality of cover art image objects is accessible through a media program distribution service, and
• provide, for display in the media program browse view together with the cover art image object representing the media program, an accessibility indicator that indicates the media distribution model by way of which the media program is accessible.