Abstract: The present invention is related to a device (1) for assisted channel selection in an IPTV system comprising a selection engine (2) arranged for outputting a channel change command corresponding to a selected channel. The device comprises means for receiving a plurality of channel change requests from a group of users of the IPTV system. The selection engine (2) is arranged for determining the selected channel from a plurality of IPTV channels based on at least one selection criterion derived from at least a part of the plurality of channel change requests of the group of users.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Method for assembling a multimedia asset and subsequent provisioning of said multimedia asset to a client device, a related system, a related multimedia asset assembly device and a related client device for assembling a multimedia asset and subsequent provisioning of the multimedia asset to a client device. This method comprises the step of assembling the multimedia asset by selecting a subset of multimedia fragments from a plurality of multimedia fragments. The fragments of the subset of multimedia fragments are determined based on a personal path through a play-map where the play-map indicates relationships between the multimedia fragments of the plurality of multimedia fragments. The step of determining the personal path through the play-map additionally is based on at least one user signal from the client device. The at least one user signal indicating customer preferences of an end-user of the client device.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a device (1) for assisted channel selection in an IPTV system comprising a selection engine (2) arranged for outputting a channel change command corresponding to a selected channel. The device comprises means for receiving a plurality of channel change requests from a group of users of the IPTV system. The selection engine (2) is arranged for determining the selected channel from a plurality of IPTV channels based on at least one selection criterion derived from at least a part of the plurality of channel change requests of the group of users.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an IPTV Channel selection device, for use in an IPTV system said IPTV system comprising a meta-information holding part that is adapted to store meta-information on each channel of a plurality of IPTV channels, wherein the IPTV Channel selection device comprises a selection engine that is adapted to select at least one IPTV channel from said plurality of IPTV channels based on meta-information on each channel of said plurality of IPTV channels in combination with at least one user-related selection criterion.