Accessing media content

A method for accessing media content by a client 104 comprises storing information identifying a plurality of servers, the plurality of servers comprising one or more redirection servers 108 and one or more media content streaming servers 110a, 110b. When media content is requested, an attempt to establish a connection to at least one of the identified redirection servers is made, to obtain information identifying an assigned media content server from which the media content is to be requested. If the information identifying the assigned media content server is obtained, an attempt to establish a connection to the assigned media content server to request the media content is made. Otherwise, if the information identifying the assigned media content server is not obtained, an attempt is made to establish a connection to at least one of the identified media content servers to request the media content. The connection to a server may be based on geographic proximity which may be estimated by calculating an absolute value of a difference between the Internet Protocol address of the client device and the Internet Protocol address of the server.