diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_frm.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_frm.cpp
index 9e241cfc6..d6d40efda 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_frm.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_frm.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,16 @@ void CComponentsForm::paintCCItems()
 
 void CComponentsForm::hide(bool no_restore)
 {
+	// hack: ensure hiding of minitv during hide of forms and inherited classes,
+	// because the handling of minitv items are different to other item types
+	// and need an explizit call of hide()
+	for(size_t i=0; i<v_cc_items.size(); i++) {
+		if (v_cc_items[i]->getItemType() == CComponentsItem::CC_ITEMTYPE_PIP){
+			v_cc_items[i]->hide();
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	
 	//hide body
 	hideCCItem(no_restore);
 }
diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_item_tvpig.cpp b/src/gui/components/cc_item_tvpig.cpp
index dffd857b3..a94e9cd4d 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_item_tvpig.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_item_tvpig.cpp
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ CComponentsPIP::CComponentsPIP(	const int x_pos, const int y_pos, const int perc
 
 CComponentsPIP::~CComponentsPIP()
 {
-	hide();
-	clearSavedScreen();
-	clear();
-	videoDecoder->Pig(-1, -1, -1, -1);
+ 	hide();
+ 	videoDecoder->Pig(-1, -1, -1, -1);
+ 	clearSavedScreen();
+ 	clear();
 }
 
 void CComponentsPIP::paint(bool do_save_bg)
@@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ void CComponentsPIP::paint(bool do_save_bg)
 
 void CComponentsPIP::hide(bool no_restore)
 {
-	hideCCItem(no_restore);
 	videoDecoder->Pig(-1, -1, -1, -1);
+	hideCCItem(no_restore);
 }