Method and apparatus for viewing and filtering media content

A computer program for managing content of at least one content delivery network server (CDN), embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer program, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:

• send a plurality of channel content to a plurality of anchor servers, wherein the plurality of channel content have at least four streams each with a different bit rate;
• determine that an ingestion server should receive the plurality of channel content;
• determine that each of a plurality of user devices has internet bandwidth for the plurality of channel content with at least one of the different bit rates;
• instruct a first CDN to perform an action so that the plurality of user devices receive the plurality of channel content;
• and
• determine whether a first CDN has failed to perform the action, and if the first CDN failed to perform the action, then instruct a second CDN to take over and perform the action of the first CDN so that the plurality of user devices receive the plurality of channel content.

A method for managing content of at least one content delivery network server (CDN), comprising:

• sending a plurality of channel content to a plurality of anchor servers, wherein the plurality of channel content have at least four streams each with a different bit rate;
• determining that an ingestion server should receive the plurality of channel content;
• determining that each of a plurality of user devices has internet bandwidth for the plurality of channel content with at least one of the different bit rates;
• instructing a first CDN to perform an action so that the plurality of user devices receive the plurality of channel content;
• and
• determining whether a first CDN has failed to perform the action, and if the first CDN failed to perform the action, then instruct a second CDN to take over and perform the action of the first CDN so that the plurality of user devices receive the plurality of channel content.