Identifying insertion points for inserting live content into a continuous content stream

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

• identify a live content item to include in a continuous content stream;
• identify a portion of the live content item that is indicated as an interesting portion of the live content item based on an annotation associated with the live content item, the interesting portion corresponding to a time duration having a start time of the interesting portion and an end time of the interesting portion;
• compute an estimated end time of a first content item included in the continuous content stream;
• determine that the estimated end time of the first content item occurs within the time duration;
• schedule the live content item to be included in the continuous content stream as a next content item to be presented for display by a client device after the first content item in response to a determination that the estimated end time of the first content item occurs within the time duration;
• and
• cause the live content item to be displayed on the client device after playback of the first content item ends.

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processing device is to:
• identify a live content item to include in a continuous content stream;
• identify a portion of the live content item that is indicated as an interesting portion of the live content item based on an annotation associated with the live content item, the interesting portion corresponding to a time duration having a start time of the interesting portion and an end time of the interesting portion;
• compute an estimated end time of a first content item included in the continuous content stream;
• determine that the estimated end time of the first content item occurs within the time duration;
• schedule the live content item to be included in the continuous content stream as a next content item to be presented for display by a client device after the first content item in response to a determination that the estimated end time of the first content item occurs within the time duration;
• and
• cause the live content item to be displayed on the client device after playback of the first content item ends.