System and method for providing an app store and deploying applications on a dual screen television

A television system comprising:

• a housing;
• a primary screen in the housing, the primary screen configured to display a first content;
• a secondary screen in the housing, the secondary screen configured to display a second content, the secondary screen having a height less than the primary screen;
• a memory configured to store program instructions corresponding to application programs, including an app store program;
• an input device configured to control the primary screen and the secondary screen;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• display the first content on the primary screen;
• and
• while displaying the first content:
• execute program instructions for the app store program, including accessing, via the Internet, a database with application programs available for download;
• display, on the secondary screen, at least one app store options;
• receive, via the input device, one or more app store commands corresponding to one of the app store options;
• and
• in response to receiving the one or more app store commands, download, via the Internet, a new application corresponding to the one of the app store options from the database and store it in the memory.