Dynamically adjustable electronic program guide

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• a processing device to execute the instructions to:
• receive metadata for a plurality of media content items, wherein the metadata comprises a scheduled duration for streaming each of the plurality of media content items;
• display a plurality of cells for the plurality of media content items in an overview area in an electronic program guide (EPG) in a user interface, the plurality of cells comprising a subset of the metadata for a respective media content item;
• receive, via the EPG in the user interface, input of a selection of one of the plurality of media content items;
• move a first cell associated with the selected media content item from the overview area to a focus area in the EPG, wherein moving of the first cell comprises replacing a subset of metadata of the selected media content item with expanded metadata of the selected media content item for presentation in the focus area;
• determine whether a scheduled duration for streaming the selected media content items satisfies to a maximum time interval of the focus area, wherein the maximum time interval sets a limit for a period of time represented by a timeline of the focus area;
• and
• in response to determining that the scheduled duration for streaming the selected media content item does not satisfy the maximum time interval of the focus area,
• adjust, via a processing device, the timeline of the focus area to present a time interval that matches a scheduled start time and a scheduled end time of the selected media content item, and
• set a first width of the focus area to a predetermined width irrespective of the scheduled duration,
• display a preview area adjacent to the focus area in the EPG, wherein a second width of the preview area is set based on the first width of the focus area.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device of a user device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving metadata for a plurality of media content items, wherein the metadata comprises a scheduled duration for streaming each of the plurality of media content items;
• displaying a plurality of cells for the plurality of media content items in an overview area in an electronic program guide (EPG) in a user interface, the plurality of cells comprising a subset of the metadata for a respective media content item;
• receiving, via the EPG in the user interface, input of a selection of one of the plurality of media content items;
• moving a first cell associated with the selected media content item from the overview area to a focus area in the EPG, wherein moving of the first cell comprises replacing a subset of metadata of the selected media content item with expanded metadata of the selected media content item for presentation in the focus area;
• determining whether a scheduled duration for streaming the selected media content items satisfies a maximum time interval of the focus area, wherein the maximum time interval sets a limit for a period of time represented by a timeline of the focus area;
• and
• in response to determining that the scheduled duration for streaming the selected media content item does not satisfy the maximum time interval of the focus area,
• adjusting, via the processing device, the timeline of the focus area to present a time interval that matches a scheduled start time and a scheduled end time of the selected media content item,
• setting a first width of the focus area to a predetermined width irrespective of the scheduled duration, and
• displaying a preview area adjacent to the focus area in the EPG, wherein a second width of the preview area is set based on the first width of the focus area.