Method and apparatus for content channels using references

A method for utilizing a content channel comprising:

• providing references to one or more first content channels;
• generating one or more first content channel seeds based on the references to the one or more first content channels;
• selecting one or more content assets from a pool of content assets based on similarity between the content assets and the one or more first content channel seeds;
• presenting an indication of the selected one or more content assets to a user;
• determining whether the one or more content assets has been previously accessed by the user;
• generating a plurality of second content channel seeds;
• assigning a weight to each of the one or more first content channel seeds and the one or more second content channel seeds;
• generating a second content channel using one or more second content channel seeds;
• wherein the weight of the one or more second content channel seeds are combined with the weight of the one or more first content channel seeds to determine content for the second content channel;
• and
• wherein content assets determined as previously viewed are excluded from the second content channel.