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[Matt Richardson <m.richardson.1990@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 Basically, when viewing the TV guide or other services where a list of 
programmes are available,  suggestions are lightly highlighted.
This would have to be a balance between being noticeable and distracting.

My idea is that suggestions in the guide are slightly lighter (more 
white) and slightly more opaque, perhaps with a faint white glow around 
the border.
I also think a 'Suggestions' button should drastically increase this 
difference making suggestions almost opaque and almost white (with the 
writing darker to suit), while non-suggestions almost fade away.
Faint colour may also be used to highlight, where non highlighted 
programmes are monochrome.

Suggestions should be based on which programmes were watched and/or 
recorded. It should also encompass things like actors and directors as 
well as genre and ratings and generate a suggestion index for each of 
these things in order to identify an overall suggestion index for each 
programme available.
The weighting for these suggestions should be (in ascending order) 
programmes that are:

1. Watched for less than one third their length (indicates a genre of
   interest, but the suggestion index for the specific programme is NOT
   increased and may even be decreased)
2. Watched for more than one third their length
3. Watched for their entirety
4. Set to record when they appeared on the initial view of the guide
   (indicates a desire to watch but not necessarily now)
5. Paused while watching live (indicating a desire not to miss a
   section of the programme)
6. Set to record before appearing in the initial view of the guide
   (Pre-planned recording, as opposed to the "Oh that's on" recording
   of number 4)

Recording something should increase the relevant suggestion indices, 
unless it is not watched within a normal time frame (based on the upper 
limit of an 80% confidence interval of users average time between 
recording and watching) after which the suggestion index is lowered by 
the appropriate amounts. Likewise, watching a recording within the early 
section prior to the 80% confidence interval would further increase the 
relevant suggestion indices.

Programmes set to series record should be given a low suggestion index 
since the user does not need them highlighted.

Any thoughts?
Matt