1. A method for creating a personalized audio and/or video (AV) stream for a user, the method comprising: selecting, by one or more processors, a first stream of AV data by reference to predetermined user preferences; selecting, by one or more processors, one or more further data streams having a predetermined relation to the first stream; identifying, by one or more processors, a predetermined indicia from the one or more further data streams; in response to identifying the predetermined indicia from the one or more further data streams, capturing, by a data recorder, a portion of the first stream by reference to identifying predetermined indicia in a group of streams consisting of said first stream and said one or more further data streams, wherein said capturing further comprises capturing one or more time stamps from the group of streams; generating, by one or more processors, a personalized AV stream comprising the captured portion of the first stream and data selected by reference to said predetermined indicia from at least one of said one or more further data streams, said data selected being based on each captured time stamp, and wherein the one or more further data streams are postings from a social network by social network friends of the user; buffering, by one or more processors, a predefined amount of content from the first stream of AV data; detecting, by one or more processors, a predetermined term from the postings from the social network; in response to detecting the predetermined term from the postings from the social network, capturing and storing, on a storage device, the predefined amount of content from the first stream of AV data for incorporation into the personalized AV stream; detecting, by one or more processors, that postings from all members of the social network related to an event depicted on the first stream AV data exceed a predetermined frequency; and in response to detecting that the postings from all members of the social network related to the event depicted on the first stream of AV data exceed the predetermined frequency, retrieving, by one or more processors, social network comments from predefined social network friends of the user for use as the data selected for inclusion in the personalized AV stream.