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Cateories-based suggest channels from favorites channels added to the player with large playlists
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. It is a bit complicated to explain but it helps the user to search for more channels that have the same category as the channels that were marked as favorites. For example, the user likes the channels that carry the "News" category such as France 24, CNA and DW, the "News" category will be added in a carousel to access the playlist category where the "News" category is. There I can bookmark other channels that may be of interest such as "DNews" and "NHK News". That motivates the user to keep looking for content that may be useful to this user.
Describe the solution you'd like Within the favorites marked by the user, the channels have their category and the origin of the playlist. Therefore, when the usrer enable the "Suggest Categories" option, the user will be able to access the playlist categories without having to check manually. It is a feature more focused on "discovery new channels". The requirements must be higher for the recommended categories to appear when necessary.
The suggested categories are inspired by the category list when the app store is started.
Describe alternatives you've considered It is a feature more focused on "discovery new channels". The requirements must be higher for the recommended categories to appear when necessary.
As well as #42 is based on a discrete recommendation system but more focused on the user experience. The feature requies of:
- Activate from optional features
- Have a minimum number of favorites (20).
- That the favorite channels have a category and a source list to be considered.
- Channel list should be large (40 channels, which is the total of one or several added playlists).
Update: This mechanism could replace pinned categories. See below.
Additional context
See concept.
See examples of the category-based recommendation system.
I'm not sure if the concept fits with the ideas of the app but it reminds me of the concept of Apple Podcasts, where one searches for more content in the face of an excessive amount of podcasts that the user has a hard time finding a new one based on their interests.
- Text is "Discover new channels" not "Discovery..."
Another concept:
This is less intrusive and allows the user to take advantage of the swipe from the "For you" screen to quickly view suggested categories. It is similar to the searchbox that is displayed when accessing each of the playlists.
Update: I think I have a better plan. Instead of requiring favorites, one could resort to pinned categories. This option is much better because it does not require a lot of resources. The name "Discover" could be maintained, although it is valid to use the phrase "Discover more channels from...".
Maybe. I'm thinking about having the system recommend content from user-pinned categories, instead of favorite channels. I guess if the user likes the content of a category, the recommendations should be based on that liking. Maybe you can make it simpler or different, but I already gave you the proposal of feature request.