Video stream segmentation and classification to skip advertisements

[ EP 14 163 781 ] Video content streams (210) may be segmented to provide extraction of content items (205a-205d) automatically devoid of commercials or other unrelated content. These content items may then be stored in a database and made accessible to subscribers through, for example, a video-on-demand VOD service. The method comprises: determining (315, 320, 325), by a processing device a plurality of segments (203a-203g) in content (210) based on at least one detected transition in the content; determining, for instance from an electronic program guide EPG, an expected content type of a content item, the content type comprising one of a first content type and a second content type (for instance "news" & "sporting event"); selecting a segment classification algorithm based on the expected content type, wherein the first content type corresponds to a first segment classification (e.g. advertisements) and the second content type corresponds to a second segment classification (e.g. non-advertisements) different from the first segment classification; and categorizing the plurality of segments using the selected segment classification algorithm.