Seamless augmented user-generated content for broadcast media

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations for transforming user-generated content for inclusion with broadcast media, the operations comprising:

• receiving multiple pieces of user-generated content, wherein at least one of the multiple pieces of user-generated content was generated for inclusion in broadcast media;
• verifying whether each piece of the multiple pieces of user-generated content satisfies requirements for broadcast media;
• based on the verifying, selecting at least one eligible piece of user-generated content from the multiple pieces of user-generated content;
• applying one or more pipelines or expressions, each pipeline or expression comprising multiple rules, to modify at least one of the selected at least one eligible pieces of user-generated content,
• wherein each pipeline or expression comprises multiple rules,
• wherein the modifications transform the at least one of the eligible pieces of user-generated content into a form suitable for inclusion in broadcast media, and
• wherein at least one of the multiple rules was defined by a broadcast system;
• interacting with the broadcast system to provide at least one of the modified pieces of user-generated content, wherein at least some of the provided user-generated content is to be included with a broadcast presentation and
• providing, to a device that provided a particular piece of user-generated content, a link to the modified version of the particular piece of user-generated content, wherein the link is configured for inclusion in a social media system such that the link permits the modified version of the particular piece of user-generated content to be viewed through the social media system.

A system for transforming user-generated content for incorporation into broadcast media, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory;
• a broadcast administrative system;
• and
• a broadcast processing system;
• wherein the broadcast administrative system and broadcast processing system are configured to:
• receive multiple pieces of user-generated content, wherein at least one of the multiple pieces of user-generated content was generated for inclusion in broadcast media;
• automatically select at least one eligible piece of user-generated content from the multiple pieces of user-generated content, wherein the automatic selecting is performed by
• obtaining analytics, for at least two pieces of the multiple pieces of user-generated content, specifying a level of interaction with the at least two pieces of user-generated content in one or more social media systems;
• wherein only a first of the at least two pieces of user-generated content is one of the selected at least one eligible pieces of user-generated content based on the analytics for the first piece of user-generated content being above a threshold or being greater than the analytics for the others of the at least two pieces of user-generated content;
• apply multiple rules to modify at least one of the selected at least one eligible pieces of user-generated content,
• wherein the modifications transform the at least one of the eligible pieces of user-generated content into a form suitable for inclusion in broadcast media;
• and
• interact with a broadcast system to provide at least one of the modified pieces of user-generated content,
• wherein at least some of the provided user-generated content is incorporated in a broadcast presentation.