MetaCDN is a

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-based

content delivery network A content delivery network, or content distribution network (CDN), is a geographically distributed network of proxy servers and their data centers. The goal is to provide high availability and performance by distributing the service spatially rel ...

company that also offers video

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streaming video Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of ...

and

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services. Founded in 2011 from research out of the

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, MetaCDN is backed by

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n venture capital firm Starfish Ventures and the University of Melbourne's commercialization arm. MetaCDN leverages services such as

Amazon Web Services Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered pay-as-you-go basis. These cloud computing web services provide d ...

Edgecast Edgecast Networks, Inc. (formerly Verizon Digital Media Services) was a subsidiary of Yahoo! Inc. and provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming services. Founded in 2006, it was notable for being a self-provisioning CDN tech ...

, and

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to offer users access to an integrated global network for content delivery. As of July 2012, the company reported having 102 access points in 5 continents on their website.

StreamShark.io

In September 2015 MetaCDN rebranded its live streaming platform to StreamShark. The launch of StreamShark included a complete rebuild of the live streaming & video on demand platform.

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