Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, registering a first mobile device of a subscriber as a first candidate device to receive a notification of a future streaming of a media content item; registering a second mobile device of the subscriber as a second candidate device to receive the notification of the future streaming of the media content item; determining first and second usage status of the first and second mobile devices; selecting, based upon the first usage status and the second usage status, one of the first and second mobile devices; sending to the selected mobile device a notification that the future streaming of the media content item will begin; receiving from the selected mobile device a streaming instruction to initiate streaming of the media content item; and streaming to the selected mobile device the media content item. Other embodiments are disclosed.