Systems and methods for using an interactive television program guide to access fantasy sports contests

1. A method for providing fantasy sports contest info, the method comprising:

receiving, using input circuitry, a data stream comprising information about a real-life event corresponding to a real-life sports contest of a media asset;

retrieving, from a database, a user profile including information about a fantasy sports contest for which the user participates and a plurality of real-life sports players on the user's fantasy sports roster associated with the fantasy sports contest;

comparing data from the user profile to information about the real-life event to determine whether a real-life sports player associated with the real-life event matches a real-life sports player of the plurality of real-life sports players on the user's fantasy sports roster; and

in response to determining that the real-life sports player associated with the real-life event matches the real-life sports player of the plurality of real-life sports player's on the user's fantasy sports roster, generating for display, on a display device;

information indicating to the user that the media asset is related to the fantasy sports contest for which the user participates; and

an overlay comprising fantasy sports information associated with the event.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a number of real-life sports players included in the media asset that are also included in the user's fantasy sports roster; and

scheduling the media for automatic recording based on a determination that the number is greater than a threshold minimum number of real-life sports players.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event corresponds to an accumulation of a statistic by a real-life sports player, further comprising determining whether the statistic changes a standing of the user in the fantasy sports contest.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating for display a video corresponding to the real-life event in response to determining that the real-life sports player associated with the real-life event matches the real-life sports player of the plurality of real-life sports player's on the user's fantasy sports roster.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating for display the overlay comprising the fantasy sports information associated with the event, further comprises:

computing a number of points in the fantasy sports contest associated with the event; and

generating for display the overlay including the number of points.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

retrieving, from the user profile, a recording priority associated with the fantasy sports contest for which the user participates; and

determining whether to schedule the media asset for recording based on the recording priority.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a plurality of real-life sports players included in the media asset that are also included in the user's fantasy sports team roster; and

generating for display information indicating to the user that the plurality of real-life sports players are included in both the user's fantasy sports team roster and the media asset.

8. A system comprising control circuitry configured to providing fantasy sports contest info, wherein the control circuitry is configured to:

receive, using input circuitry, a data stream comprising information about a real-life event corresponding to a real-life sports contest of a media asset;

retrieve, from a database, a user profile including information about a fantasy sports contest for which the user participates and a plurality of real-life sports players on the user's fantasy sports roster associated with the fantasy sports contest;

compare data from the user profile to information about the real-life event to determine whether a real-life sports player associated with the real-life event matches a real-life sports player of the plurality of real-life sports players on the user's fantasy sports roster; and

in response to determining that the real-life sports player associated with the real-life event matches the real-life sports player of the plurality of real-life sports player's on the user's fantasy sports roster, generate for display, on a display device:

information indicating to the user that the media asset is related to the fantasy sports contest for which the user participates; and

an overlay comprising fantasy sports information associated with the event.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

determine a number of real-life sports players included in the media asset that are also included in the user's fantasy sports roster; and

schedule the media for automatic recording based on a determination that the number is greater than a threshold minimum number of real-life sports players.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the event corresponds to an accumulation of a statistic by a real-life sports player, and wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine whether the statistic changes a standing of the user in the fantasy sports contest.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to generate for display a video corresponding to the real-life event in response to determining that the real-life sports player associated with the real-life event matches the real-life sports player of the plurality of real-life sports player's on the user's fantasy sports roster.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured, when generating for display the overlay comprising the fantasy sports information associated with the event, to:

compute a number of points in the fantasy sports contest associated with the event; and

generate for display the overlay including the number of points.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

retrieve, from the user profile, a recording priority associated with the fantasy sports contest for which the user participates; and

determine whether to schedule the media asset for recording based on the recording priority.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to:

identify a plurality of real-life sports players included in the media asset that are also included in the user's fantasy sports team roster; and

generate for display information indicating to the user that the plurality of real-life sports players are included in both the user's fantasy sports team roster and the media asset.