Selecting shots for scheduling

A non-transitory computer-readable medium tangibly embodying a program of computer executable instructions including:

• at least one instruction to generate a plurality of shots representing potential playlists of media items, wherein, each of the plurality of shots includes a plurality of shot positions;
• at least one instruction to generate a shot-position-dependent score of a current content item being considered for insertion into a particular shot position of a particular shot, wherein:
• the shot-position-dependent score of the current content item indicates how closely the current content item conforms to a predetermined set of factors associated with the particular shot position of the particular shot;
• at least one instruction to insert the current content item into the particular shot position of the particular shot based, at least in part on a comparison of the shot-position-dependent score of the current content item with shot-position-dependent scores of other content items;
• at least one instruction to populate the plurality of shot positions of each of the plurality of shots with eligible content items;
• and
• at least one instruction to select one of the plurality of shots based on aggregate scores of eligible content associated with each individual shot.

A processing system comprising:

• a processor;
• memory coupled to the processor;
• a program of instructions stored in the memory and executed by the processor, the program of instructions including:
• at least one instruction to generate a plurality of shots representing potential playlists of media items, wherein, each of the plurality of shots includes a plurality of shot positions;
• at least one instruction to generate a shot-position-dependent score of a current content item being considered for insertion into a particular shot position of a particular shot, wherein:
• the shot-position-dependent score of the current content item indicates how closely the current content item conforms to a predetermined set of factors associated with the particular shot position of the particular shot;
• at least one instruction to insert the current content item into the particular shot position of the particular shot based, at least in part on a comparison of the shot-position-dependent score of the current content item with shot-position-dependent scores of other content items;
• at least one instruction to populate the plurality of shot positions of each of the plurality of shots with eligible content items;
• and
• at least one instruction to select one of the plurality of shots based on aggregate scores of eligible content associated with each individual shot.