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MetaCDN
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MetaCDN is a cloud-based content delivery network company that also offers video transcoding, streaming video and web accelerator services.cite-ref-1[1]cite-ref-2[2]

Founded in 2011 from research out of the University of Melbourne, MetaCDN is backed by Australian venture capital firm Starfish Ventures and the University of Melbourne's commercialization arm.cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-4[4]

MetaCDN leverages services such as Amazon Web Services, Edgecast, and Windows Azure to offer users access to an integrated global network for content delivery.cite-ref-5[5]cite-ref-6[6] As of July 2012, the company reported having 102 access points in 5 continents on their website.

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StreamShark.io

In September 2015 MetaCDN rebranded its live streaming platform to StreamShark.cite-ref-7[7] The launch of StreamShark included a complete rebuild of the live streaming & video on demand platform.

References

cite-note-11. "MetaCDN takes content delivery networks into the cloud".
cite-note-22. "MetaCDN - Grow your business, not your infrastructure".
cite-note-33. "Technology Commercialisation: Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne". www.eng.unimelb.edu.au. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012.
cite-note-44. "Soap2day: MetaCDN Streaming with Cloud Services". Retrieved 18 May 2012.
cite-note-55. "MetaCDN: Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne". www.eng.unimelb.edu.au. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012.
cite-note-66. citerefbrobergbuyyatari2009Broberg, James; Buyya, Rajkumar; Tari, Zahir (2009). "MetaCDN: Harnessing 'Storage Clouds' for high performance content delivery". Journal of Network and Computer Applications. 32 (5): 1012–1022. doi:10.1016/j.jnca.2009.03.004.
cite-note-77. "Welcome to StreamShark". streamshark.io. 22 September 2015.