Redirection of multimedia content between receiver devices associated with a user

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a provider network configured to redirect multimedia content between receiver devices associated with a user. A first multimedia stream representative of the multimedia content is transmitted to a first receiver device associated with the user. In response to detecting a triggering event corresponding to an occurrence of a monitored condition, a second multimedia stream representative of the multimedia content is transcoded and a redirection process is initiated to redirect transmission of the transcoded second media stream. The multimedia content is streamed to a second receiver device associated with the user based on a user-specified redirection rule. Transmitting of the first multimedia stream is halted in response to initiation of transmission of the transcoded second stream and a listing of receiver devices associated with the user is established for redirecting the multimedia content. Other embodiments are disclosed.