Abstract: Advertising driven switched digital video may be provided. A plurality of content streams may be transmitted. In response to determining that an available transmission bandwidth has increased, at least one new content stream may be provided according to a bandwidth-based priority list. In response to determining that the available transmission bandwidth has decreased, at least one content stream may be removed according to the bandwidth-based priority list.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards enabling systems and methods for providing an identifier that displays which channels are not viewable according to a services package authorization. More specifically, a digital host communications terminal (DHCT) receives a package authorization and stores the authorization in memory. Upon display of an interactive program guide (IPG), a processor retrieves the authorization from memory and updates the IPG. The IPG then identifies which channels are not authorized, and subsequently not viewable, by placing an identifier next to each non-authorized, or non-viewable, channel. In this manner, the subscriber knows which channels are not viewable by the IPG as opposed to selecting a non-authorized channel and receiving a message displayed indicating the selected channel is not viewable.