Methods and systems for recommending content items

A system for recommendation of a content item, the system comprising:

• control circuitry configured to:
• receive a search query for a content item;
• determine if the content item is available from more than one source;
• in response to determining that the content item is available from more than one source:
• determine a maximum resolution supported by a user device;
• retrieve metadata associated with each of the content items;
• determine, based on the metadata, the quality of each of the available content items from respective sources;
• access user feedback for each of the sources;
• and
• determine, based on the user feedback, a quality of experience for each of the sources;
• determine a recommendation factor, the recommendation factor being based on whether the resolution of a content item is greater than the maximum resolution supported by the user device, the bandwidth available to the user device, the resolution capability of the user device and the quality of experience of each of the sources from which the content item is available;
• and
• generate a list of search results for the available content items, wherein the list is ordered based on the quality of each of the available content items from respective sources and the recommendation factor.