Providing content to co-located devices with enhanced presentation characteristics

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions, that when executed, cause one or more processors to:

• receive, from an application running on a client device, via a first connection established between the client device and the content management system, a request for streaming a multi-media item to an Internet connected display device having a direct Internet connection via a local area network to which the client device is also connected, the Internet connected display device having a first display with a first display size different than a second display size of a second display of the client device, the client device configured to present a user interface configured to allow the client device to directly provide a command to the Internet connected display device to adjust a presentation of content streamed to the Internet connected display device from the content management system, the request including an identifier of the multi-media item;
• identify the multi-media item using the identifier of the multi-media item;
• establish, responsive to receiving the request from the application running on the client device, a communication session between a server and the Internet connected display device to stream the multi-media item from a data store accessible by the server to the Internet connected display device;
• and
• stream, via the communication session established by the server with the Internet connected display device, the multi-media item from the data store accessible by the server to the Internet connected display device for display on the Internet connected display device.

A system for initiating via client devices presentation of media items on presentation devices separate from the client devices, the system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one memory including computer code instructions stored thereon, the computer code instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to:
• receive, from an application running on a client device, via a first connection established between the client device and the content management system, a request for streaming a multi-media item to an Internet connected display device having a direct Internet connection via a local area network to which the client device is also connected, the Internet connected display device having a first display with a first display size different than a second display size of a second display of the client device, the client device configured to present a user interface configured to allow the client device to directly provide a command to the Internet connected display device to adjust presentation of content streamed to the Internet connected display device from the content management system, the request including an identifier of the multi-media item;
• identify the multi-media item using the identifier of the multi-media item;
• establish, responsive to receiving the request from the application running on the client device, a communication session between a server and the Internet connected display device to stream the multi-media item from a data store accessible by the server to the Internet connected display device;
• and
• stream, via the communication session established by the server with the Internet connected display device, the multi-media item from the data store accessible by the server to the Internet connected display device for display on the Internet connected display device.