A method includes receiving, at a server, channel change server data. The channel change server data indicates a time and a corresponding estimated number of active channel change servers of a plurality of channel change servers. The method also includes, before the time and in response to a number of active channel change servers being different than the estimated number of active channel change servers, adjusting, via the server, the number of active channel change servers of the plurality of channel change servers to match the estimated number of active channel change servers.