Demand broadcast channels and channel programming based on user viewing history, profiling, and requests

A system for use in a communication terminal, the system enabling monitoring of user media consumption activity to support media programming, the system comprising:

• at least one processor arranged to communicatively couple to a communication network, the at least one processor operable to, at least:
• receive a user request for consumption of media content of one of a plurality of media channels of a channel view of a graphical user interface;
• communicate at least one notification of the user request to software tracking user media consumption, the at least one notification comprising user-selected parameter information related to the request, the software arranged to calculate at least one statistic representing user media consumption, using the parameter information related to the request;
• receive media content of a user-requested media channel via the communication network;
• and
• process, for display in the channel view, information representing at least one additional media channel comprising media content for consumption by the user, the media content automatically selected and time scheduled according to the at least one statistic.

A method of monitoring user media consumption activity in a communication terminal to support media programming, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the communication terminal, a user request for consumption of media content of one of a plurality of media channels of a channel view of a graphical user interface;
• communicating at least one notification of the user request to software tracking user media consumption, the at least one notification comprising user-selected parameter information related to the request, the software arranged to calculate at least one statistic representing user media consumption, using the parameter information related to the request;
• receiving media content of a user-requested media channel via a communication network;
• and
• processing, for display in the channel view, information representing at least one additional media channel comprising media content for consumption by the user, the media content automatically selected and time scheduled according to the at least one statistic.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein a plurality of code sections each comprising a plurality of instructions executable by a processor, the instructions for causing the processor to perform steps of a method of monitoring user media consumption activity in a communication terminal to support media programming, the steps comprising:

• receiving, at the communication terminal, a user request for consumption of media content of one of a plurality of media channels of a channel view of a graphical user interface;
• communicating at least one notification of the user request to software tracking user media consumption, the at least one notification comprising user-selected parameter information related to the request, the software arranged to calculate at least one statistic representing user media consumption, using the parameter information related to the request;
• receiving media content of a user-requested media channel via the communication network;
• and
• processing, for display in the channel view, information representing at least one additional media channel comprising media content for consumption by the user, the media content automatically selected and time scheduled according to the at least one statistic.