Method and system for creating video channels for delivery of content from multiple platforms

A system for managing channels of video content from multiple platforms, the system comprising:

• a data storage facility comprising data for a plurality of available video channels, wherein at least a portion of video channels are associated with over-the-top video content sources that are not under any control of a service provider;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium portion that stores programming instructions that are configured to cause a processor of a service provider to generate and display a service provider user interface, wherein the programming instructions that cause the processor to generate and display the service provider user interface comprise instructions to:
• receive a service provider selection of one of the over-the-top video content sources,
• access a database in which information for content items for a selected source is stored,
• present information for the content items from the selected source from the database to the service provider via a content management interface,
• apply one or more rules for receiving, from the service provider via the content management interface, selected content items from the selected source in a playlist to be presented via a channel,
• provide a playlist ordering menu via which the service provider may define an order in which the selected content items will be presented in the playlist, and
• save the playlist to a data storage facility for presentation to a subscriber via a content delivery interface.

A method of managing channels of video content from multiple platforms, the method comprising:

• maintaining a data storage facility comprising data for a plurality of available video channels, wherein at least a portion of video channels are associated with over-the-top video content sources that are not under any control of a service provider;
• by a service provider processing device, generating and displaying a service provider user interface that is configured to:
• receive a service provider selection of one of the over-the-top video content sources,
• access a database in which information for content items for the source selected by the service provider is stored,
• present information for the content items from the selected source from the database to the service provider via a content management interface,
• apply one or more rules for receiving, from the service provider via the content management interface, selected content items from the selected source in a playlist to be presented via a channel,
• provide a playlist ordering menu via which the service provider may define an order in which the selected content items will be presented in the playlist, and
• save the playlist to a data storage facility for presentation to a subscriber via a content delivery interface.

A method for managing channels for delivery of video content from multiple platforms, comprising:

• by a service provider processing device, implementing an over-the-top (OTT) playlist generation interface that, in operation:
• displays a source selector menu with a plurality of available sources of OTT content,
• receives, from a service provider via the source selector menu, a selection of a plurality of content items from a plurality of OTT sources for inclusion in a playlist,
• displays a playlist ordering menu with the selected content items in an order,
• receives, from the service provider via the playlist ordering menu, a defined order in which the content items should appear in the playlist, and
• saves the playlist with a defined order to a computer-readable memory;
• and
• by a media player application, presenting a user with the playlist.