Abstract: A method for control of video output applied to multiple available video sources, the method being executed by a user terminal having a touch-sensitive display which comprises a plurality of sub-regions for displaying contents from multi-channel video sources. The sub-regions comprise at least a first sub-region and a second sub-region. A touch operation on the touch-sensitive display is detected and includes a sliding operation. Contents of the first sub-region and contents of the second sub-region are exchanged according to start position and end position of the sliding operation. Users are able to control the output layouts of the contents from the multi-channel video sources by operating the user terminal according to individual needs.