Processing method, apparatus, and system for television signal

The embodiment of the invention, which relates to the communication field, provides a processing method, apparatus, and system for a television signal. Therefore, a problem that a live video can not be played smoothly with sudden interruption when being watched and thus the user experience is poor in the prior art can be solved. According to the technical scheme, the method comprises: a playing instruction sent by a user terminal connected in advance by a local area network is received; according to the playing instruction, a corresponding television program stream is obtained; the television program stream is converted into a network byte stream; and the network byte stream is sent to the user terminal, so that the user terminal can receive the network byte stream. According to the technical scheme, the method, apparatus, and system can be applied to video direct transmission.