Concurrent presentation of media and related content lists

A computer-implemented process for providing a source media presentation to a user via a network-connected computing device along with an interactive listing of available content items related to source media, comprising using a computer to perform the following process actions:

• presenting the source media presentation to the user;
• identifying content items available via the network that are related to the source media;
• automatically presenting a listing of the identified related content items to the user during the presentation of the source media, wherein the source media presentation and the listing of the identified related content items are displayed to the user in different portions of a screen of a display of said computer;
• and
• in response to navigation commands input from the user, allowing the user to navigate through the related content item listings.

A system for providing a video presentation to a user along with a listing of available content items related to the presentation, comprising:

• a network-connected television comprising a computing device;
• a television control device;
• and
• a graphical user interface computer program comprising program modules executable by the computing device, wherein the computing device is directed by the program modules to,
• play the video presentation in a video presentation sector on the screen of the television;
• identify content items available via the network associated with the television, which are related to the source media;
• automatically display a listing of the identified related content items, one at a time, to the user in a related content sector on the television screen;
• in response to related content item listings navigation commands input from the user via the television control device, allow the user to navigate through the related content item listings;
• in response to a queuing command input from the user via the television control device,
• place a user-selected one of the related content items listings in a queue, and
• display the related content item listings that have been placed in the queue in the related content sector on the television screen;
• and
• in response to queue navigation commands input from the user via the television control device,
• allow the user to navigate through the listings in the queue and to select any related content item listing therein, and
• whenever a related content item listing in the queue is selected, presenting the associated related content item in the video presentation sector on the television screen.