Dynamic determination of presentation of multiple video cells in an on-screen display

An apparatus for displaying a plurality of mosaic video viewer channels, each mosaic video viewer channel having a plurality of video cells common to each of the mosaic video viewer channels being presented at a given time, comprising:

• a broadcast delivery system, comprising a transmitter and a receiver;
• a monitor, coupled to the receiver, for selectively displaying the mosaic video viewer channel separate from program guide information, each video cell associated with one of a plurality of individual video feeds;
• and
• a cursor, displayed on the monitor, which is movable between the plurality of video cells, for selecting at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell, such that when a video program associated with the selected video cell is selected, the characteristic of the selected video cell is presented;
• wherein a blackout criteria is dynamically programmed into the receiver such that the receiver is selectively granted access to one of the mosaic video channels in the plurality of mosaic video channels based on a geographic location of the receiver, wherein the selectively accessible mosaic video channel has at least one of the video cells selected by the cursor, the receiver tunes to a channel other than the individual video feed associated with the selected video cell.

A system for selectively displaying a plurality of mosaic video viewer channels each mosaic video viewer channel having a plurality of video cells common to each of the mosaic video viewer channels, comprising:

• a broadcast delivery system, comprising a transmitter and a receiver;
• a monitor, coupled to the receiver, for selectively displaying the mosaic video viewer channel separate from program guide information, each video cell associated with one of a plurality of individual video feeds;
• and
• a cursor, displayed on the monitor, which is movable between the plurality of video cells, for selecting at least one characteristic associated with a selected video cell, such that when a video program associated with the selected video cell is selected, the characteristic of the selected video cell is presented;
• wherein a blackout criteria is dynamically programmed into the receiver such that the receiver is selectively granted access to one of the mosaic video channels in the plurality of mosaic video channels based on a geographic location of the receiver, wherein the selectively accessible mosaic video channel has at least one of the video cells selected by the cursor, the receiver tunes to a channel other than the individual video feed associated with the selected video cell.