Configuring manifest files including redirect uniform resource locators

A system for configuring and providing manifest files for adaptive streaming video, the system comprising:

• a first infrastructure service provider comprising at least one computer server, said at least one computer server in the first infrastructure service provider comprising:
• a processing unit including one or more processors;
• and
• memory coupled with and readable by the processing unit and storing therein a set of instructions which, when executed by the processing unit, causes the at least one computer server to:
• receive a content request from a recipient device for an adaptive streaming video;
• obtain performance data from one or more separate infrastructure service providers, wherein:
• each of the one or more separate infrastructure service providers:
• operate as a separate service from the first infrastructure service provider;
• and
• provides one or more content files containing at least a portion of the adaptive streaming video;
• and
• the obtained data describes transmission of the one or more content files containing the at least the portion of the adaptive streaming video by the one or more separate infrastructure service providers to any of a plurality of recipient devices;
• select, based on the obtained performance data and in response to the content request from the recipient device, a second infrastructure service provider from the one or more separate infrastructure service providers to provide at least a portion of the adaptive streaming video;
• and
• transmit information for obtaining a manifest file including one or more Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) referencing the one or more content files, where the one or more URLs are capable of being used by the recipient device to obtain the one or more content files from the selected second infrastructure service provider.