Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a virtual processing system initiating a first streaming session with a content streaming server to receive content data, creating a first transport connection with a viewer streaming the content data in a second streaming session with the content streaming server by imitating a transport connection of the content streaming server with the viewer, creating a second transport connection with the content streaming server by imitating a transport connection of the viewer with the content streaming server, splitting the first streaming session between the content streaming server and the viewer, and streaming the content data to the viewer. Other embodiments are disclosed.