A system and method for providing a user interface is disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a user computer coupled to a data network to display a user interface usable to enter user preferences. The system may further include a server coupled to the data network to receive the user preferences from the user computer, and to generate non-broadcast content based on the user preferences. In one embodiment, the system further includes a broadcast-based client-side device, coupled to the network, to receive broadcast programming content from a broadcast source, and to receive the non-broadcast content from the server.