Since the commercialization of the Internet, content and related applications, including video
streaming, news, advertisements, and social interaction have moved online. It is broadly
recognized that the rise of all of these different types of content (static and dynamic, and
increasingly multimedia) has been one of the main forces behind the phenomenal growth of
the Internet, and its emergence as essential infrastructure for how individuals across the
globe gain access to the content sources they want. To accelerate the delivery of diverse …