1. A computer-implemented method for information sharing between a portable computing device and a television system, the method comprising: receiving a spoken input from a user of the portable computing device, by the portable computing device; submitting a digital recording of the spoken query from the portable computing device to a remote server system; receiving from the remote server system a textual representation of the spoken query; and automatically transmitting the textual representation from the portable computing device to the television system, wherein the television system is programmed to submit the textual representation as a search query and to present to the user media-related results that are determined to be responsive to the spoken query.