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Netflix always knew it was a matter of time before the giants understood streaming was the way and changed their business models. What they didn’t expect was I
by kranke155 4y ago
Netflix always knew it was a matter of time before the giants understood streaming was the way and changed their business models.
What they didn’t expect was Iger - figuring out the model - building a good streaming app - buying up all the could. Truly a high performance CEO imo and one of the best in the history of entertainment.
It’s funny to read in the biographies of S. Jobs just how blown away he was by Disney’s institutional knowledge of marketing when he got into bed with them with Pixar. From the bios I read I remember it was the first time he realised you could make an effective corporate culture last - Disney will soon be around a century old.
- cozos 4y agoHow was Disney able to build a streaming app as good as Netflix, which is supposed to be filled with extremely well paid and presumably, extremely qualified people? I had a friend interview with Disney+ recently and the salary wasn't that good.
- kranke155 4y agoThe quality of the streaming app just has to pass a relatively low bar. It just needs to work tbh. The content is king. It could be they just hired extremely competent people to build it, outsourced?
- tim-- 4y agoIt involves the Major League Baseball! Disney+ was created with the technology that was used to stream MLB games. Disney acquired 75% of BAMTech Media for $2 billion. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Streaming https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Streaming
- HDThoreaun 4y agoI think HBO has shown us that you don't need a streaming app as good as netflix, people just need to be able to watch your content. If you have the content people will pay to stream it.