Abstract:
A content server receives live streams from a content distributor to transmit to users of the content server. In one embodiment, the content server promotes the live streams received from the content distributor, by serving portions of the live stream as advertisements (ads) to users of the content server along with videos or digital content requested by the users. The content server buffers the live stream. The content server receives a request for a video from a client device. The content server identifies the video requested by the user and metadata associated with the identified video. The content server, based on the metadata determines whether to serve the client device with a live-stream ad, as a pre-roll ad for example, along with the video requested by the user. The content server then identifies a buffered live-stream ad to transmit to the client device along with the requested video.
Abstract:
A client device requests video content from a content server system, and receives sponsored content about a live stream of a live event, the sponsored content including a portion of the live stream. The client device displays the sponsored content including a portion of the live stream, the sponsored content displayed without displaying the requested video content. The client device displays with the portion of the live stream a control associated with displaying the live stream, and responsive to a user of the client device selecting the control while the portion of the live stream is being displayed, requests from the content server system content of the live stream, and displays the content of the live stream in lieu of the requested video content.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and media for presenting suggestions of related media content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: generating, using a hardware processor, a transcript of a first media content item; receiving one or more social network posts associated with one or more other media content items; computing one or more correlations between text in the one or more social network posts and the transcript; ranking the social network posts based at least in part on the correlations; and causing one or more suggestions to view the one or more other media content items associated with the one or more social network posts based at least in part on the rankings to be presented.
Abstract:
A content server receives live streams from a content distributor to transmit to users of the content server. In one embodiment, the content server promotes the live streams received from the content distributor, by serving portions of the live stream as advertisements (ads) to users of the content server along with videos or digital content requested by the users. The content server buffers the live stream. The content server receives a request for a video from a client device. The content server identifies the video requested by the user and metadata associated with the identified video. The content server, based on the metadata determines whether to serve the client device with a live-stream ad, as a pre-roll ad for example, along with the video requested by the user. The content server then identifies a buffered live-stream ad to transmit to the client device along with the requested video.