MOBILE NOTIFICATION OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS

A set-top box (STB) causes a display device to present a notification during a time period. The notification identifies digital contents, such as television show, available for access via the STB. If no response to notification is received during the time period or the display device or STB is inactive, a notification message is sent to an associated user device. The notification message may be generated based on metadata extracted from electronic programming guide (EPG) data, and the notification message may include an indication that the digital contents are available for access via the STB. The notification message may also identify an available action related to the digital contents. For example, the action may relate to recording the digital contents or requesting another notification or notification message related to another broadcast of the digital contents. Response data requesting execution of the action may be received from the user device.