System and method for content transmission network selection

A server device, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
• identifying video content to be transmitted based on a transmission request that specifies a receiving device to which the video content is to be transmitted;
• determining whether the receiving device is communicatively coupled to a broadcast network but not a broadband network according to an account profile associated with the receiving device;
• identifying the broadcast network as a transmit network for providing the video content to the receiving device responsive to the receiving device being communicatively coupled to the broadcast network but not the broadband network;
• determining whether the receiving device is communicatively coupled to a broadband network but not broadcast network according to the account profile;
• identifying the broadband network as the transmit network for providing the video content to the receiving device responsive to the receiving device being communicatively coupled to the broadband network but not the broadcast network;
• determining whether the receiving device is communicatively coupled to both the broadcast network and the broadband network according to the account profile;
• determining from characteristics of the video content whether playback command features are present with the video content and a number of requests from other receiving devices for the video content according to determining that the receiving device is communicatively coupled to both the broadcast network and the broadband network;
• identifying the transmit network as one of the broadcast network or the broadband network responsive to determining that the playback command features are present with the video content and according to the number of requests from other receiving devices for the video content;
• and
• transmitting a notification of the transmit network and a time at which the video content is to be transmitted to a device that originated the transmission request.

A method, comprising:

• identifying, by a system comprising a processor, video content to be transmitted based on a transmission request that specifies a receiving device to which the video content is to be transmitted;
• determining, by the system, whether the receiving device is communicatively coupled to a broadcast network but not a broadband network according to an account profile associated with the receiving device;
• identifying, by the system, the broadcast network as a transmit network for providing the video content to the receiving device responsive to the receiving device being communicatively coupled to a broadcast network but not a broadband network;
• determining, by the system, whether the receiving device is communicatively coupled to the broadcast network but not the broadband network according to the account profile;
• identifying, by the system, the broadband network as the transmit network for providing the video content to the receiving device responsive to the receiving device being communicatively coupled to the broadcast network but not the broadband network;
• determining, by the system, whether the receiving device is communicatively coupled to both the broadcast network and the broadband network according to the account profile;
• determining, by the system, whether playback command features are present with the video content according to characteristics of the video content responsive to the receiving device being communicatively coupled to both the broadcast network and the broadband network;
• determining, by the system, a number of other receiving devices that have requested the video content;
• identifying, by the system, the transmit network as one of the broadcast network or the broadband network responsive to determining that the playback command features are present with the video content and according to the number of other receiving devices that have requested the video content;
• and
• transmitting, by the system, a notification of the transmit network and a time at which the video content is to be transmitted to a device that originated the transmission request.