A method, comprising: receiving, from at least one encoder, a plurality of video streams for specific content, divided in content fragments, each video stream of the plurality of video streams having a specific bit rate, the content fragments comprising a signaling structure organizing a plurality of frames with respective frame types as groups of pictures, and one or more signaling points forming switching points comprised in a segmentation signaling structure for switching between the plurality of video streams, wherein the one or more signaling points are assigned to a respective one or more of the plurality of frames wherein the segmentation signaling structure of each of the plurality of video streams can partially differ in that the partially different video streams do not align on all potential switching points; monitoring the segmentation signaling structure of each of the plurality of video streams; supplying, based on the monitoring, a compliance metric to one or more upstream components, wherein the compliance metric is indicative of compliance with one or more pre-defined rules related to the one or more signaling points, wherein the monitoring further comprises parsing the plurality of video streams to a designated switching point, formed by one of the one or more signaling points, extracting a time stamp associated with each video stream at the switching point, verifying a frame type at the switching point of each video stream, and comparing time stamp values across the plurality of video streams; supplying, based on the compared time stamp values and frame types, a first similarity metric to the one or more upstream components, wherein the first similarity metric is indicative of a number of packets in two or more video streams of the plurality of video streams having a common time stamp; wherein the one or more upstream components manage the plurality of video streams based at least on the compliance metric and the first similarity metric. receiving, from at least one encoder, a plurality of video streams for specific content, divided in content fragments, each video stream of the plurality of video streams having a specific bit rate, the content fragments comprising a signaling structure organizing a plurality of frames with respective frame types as groups of pictures, and one or more signaling points forming switching points comprised in a segmentation signaling structure for switching between the plurality of video streams, wherein the one or more signaling points are assigned to a respective one or more of the plurality of frames wherein the segmentation signaling structure of each of the plurality of video streams can partially differ in that the partially different video streams do not align on all potential switching points; a signaling structure organizing a plurality of frames with respective frame types as groups of pictures, and one or more signaling points forming switching points comprised in a segmentation signaling structure for switching between the plurality of video streams, wherein the one or more signaling points are assigned to a respective one or more of the plurality of frames wherein the segmentation signaling structure of each of the plurality of video streams can partially differ in that the partially different video streams do not align on all potential switching points; monitoring the segmentation signaling structure of each of the plurality of video streams; supplying, based on the monitoring, a compliance metric to one or more upstream components, wherein the compliance metric is indicative of compliance with one or more pre-defined rules related to the one or more signaling points, wherein the monitoring further comprises parsing the plurality of video streams to a designated switching point, formed by one of the one or more signaling points, extracting a time stamp associated with each video stream at the switching point, verifying a frame type at the switching point of each video stream, and comparing time stamp values across the plurality of video streams; supplying, based on the compared time stamp values and frame types, a first similarity metric to the one or more upstream components, wherein the first similarity metric is indicative of a number of packets in two or more video streams of the plurality of video streams having a common time stamp; wherein the one or more upstream components manage the plurality of video streams based at least on the compliance metric and the first similarity metric.