An electronic device , comprising: one or more processors ; and one or more storage devices coupled to the one or more processors , wherein the one or more storage devices include instructions executable by the one or more processors and configured to, when executed, cause the electronic device to: determine one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content relative to a current streaming adaptively streamed content of the electronic device , the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content being determined responsive to monitoring of a bandwidth condition relative to a network connection between the electronic device and a content delivery network , wherein the current streaming adaptively streamed content is associated with a first channel and the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content is associated with one or more channels adjacent to the first channel; pre-fetch metadata information associated with the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content; responsive to the pre-fetched metadata information, pre-fetch and store initialization information for the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content; and if the current streaming adaptively streamed content is changed to a new streaming adaptively streamed content , use the pre-fetched initialization information to fetch encoded media content pertaining to the new streaming adaptively streamed content. one or more processors ; and one or more storage devices coupled to the one or more processors , wherein the one or more storage devices include instructions executable by the one or more processors and configured to, when executed, cause the electronic device to: determine one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content relative to a current streaming adaptively streamed content of the electronic device , the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content being determined responsive to monitoring of a bandwidth condition relative to a network connection between the electronic device and a content delivery network , wherein the current streaming adaptively streamed content is associated with a first channel and the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content is associated with one or more channels adjacent to the first channel; pre-fetch metadata information associated with the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content; responsive to the pre-fetched metadata information, pre-fetch and store initialization information for the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content; and determine one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content relative to a current streaming adaptively streamed content of the electronic device , the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content being determined responsive to monitoring of a bandwidth condition relative to a network connection between the electronic device and a content delivery network , wherein the current streaming adaptively streamed content is associated with a first channel and the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content is associated with one or more channels adjacent to the first channel; pre-fetch metadata information associated with the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content; responsive to the pre-fetched metadata information, pre-fetch and store initialization information for the one or more adjacent adaptively streamed content; and if the current streaming adaptively streamed content is changed to a new streaming adaptively streamed content , use the pre-fetched initialization information to fetch encoded media content pertaining to the new streaming adaptively streamed content. <EOS>