Content selector dynamically changing core set of streaming channels available for viewing at hospitality location according to guest related customization criteria

A method of providing a user-tailored entertainment experience by a hospitality media system, the method comprising:

• retrieving a plurality of guest related customization criteria corresponding to a plurality of guests of a hospitality location;
• automatically selecting a core set of channels to make available for viewing at the hospitality location according to at least the guest related customization criteria, the core set including up to a predetermined number of different channels of media content selected from a plurality of available channels available for streaming from one or more content providers via an external computer network, wherein the predetermined number is less than a total number of the available channels;
• reserving bandwidth between the external computer network and the hospitality location to thereby ensure that all of the core set of channels can be concurrently streamed substantially in real-time from the one or more content providers to the hospitality location;
• customizing an interactive program guide (IPG) available on each of a plurality of entertainment devices at the hospitality location to list at least one of the core set of channels as available for viewing;
• for each channel of the core set, streaming the channel from the one or more content providers to the hospitality location via the external computer network only when the channel is being viewed on at least one of the entertainment devices, and distributing streamed data of the channel as received at the hospitality location to the at least one of the entertainment devices on which the channel is being viewed;
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• dynamically retrieving a plurality of updated guest related customization criteria and dynamically changing the core set of channels that are selected to be made available for viewing at the hospitality location according to the updated guest related customization criteria as the guests of the hospitality location change over time.

A non-transitory processor-readable medium comprising a plurality of processor-executable instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform steps of:

• retrieving a plurality of guest related customization criteria corresponding to a plurality of guests of a hospitality location;
• automatically selecting a core set of channels to make available for viewing at the hospitality location according to at least the guest related customization criteria, the core set including up to a predetermined number of different channels of media content selected from a plurality of available channels available for streaming from one or more content providers via an external computer network, wherein the predetermined number is less than a total number of the available channels;
• reserving bandwidth between the external computer network and the hospitality location to thereby ensure that all of the core set of channels can be concurrently streamed substantially in real-time from the one or more content providers to the hospitality location;
• customizing an interactive program guide (IPG) available on each of a plurality of entertainment devices at the hospitality location to list at least one of the core set of channels as available for viewing;
• for each channel of the core set, streaming the channel from the one or more content providers to the hospitality location via the external computer network only when the channel is being viewed on at least one of the entertainment devices, and distributing streamed data of the channel as received at the hospitality location to the at least one of the entertainment devices on which the channel is being viewed;
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• dynamically retrieving a plurality of updated guest related customization criteria and dynamically changing the core set of channels that are selected to be made available for viewing at the hospitality location according to the updated guest related customization criteria as the guests of the hospitality location change over time.