Different overlays in an interactive television system for different television channels

A system comprising:

• a memory configured to store content;
• output circuitry configured to transmit, to be displayed, a video from a content source;
• control circuitry configured to:
• receive a request to display information related to the video;
• determine whether display of overlays has been disabled for the display of the video from the content source;
• in response to determining that display of overlays has been disabled for the display of the video from the content source, generate, for display, a screen comprising the information related to the video, wherein the screen excludes the display of the video.

A system comprising:

• input circuitry configured to receive a request to display a video from a video source;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• receive, by user equipment, the video to be displayed from the video source;
• wherein the user input circuitry is further configured to:
• receive a request to display information related to the video;
• and
• wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:
• determine whether display of overlays has been disabled for the display of the video from the content source;
• in response to determining that display of overlays has been disabled for the display of the video from the content source, generate, for display, a screen comprising the information related to the video, wherein the screen excludes the display of the video.

A method comprising:

• transmitting, to be displayed, a video from a content source;
• receiving a request to display information related to the video;
• and
• in response to determining that display of overlays has been disabled for the display of the video from the content source, generating, for display, a screen comprising the information related to the video, wherein the screen excludes the display of the video.