A streaming video application can insert advertising at various points, such as a short commercial that plays before a recorded television show or live video. The advertisement is often streamed from one server and the content is streamed from another server or from a Content Delivery Network. A video-with-advertising application typically connects to the ad server, streams the ad, and then closes the connection to the ad server. It then connects to the content server, streams the content, and closes that connection, repeating this sequence each time video is streamed.