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this is factually incorrect. Disney bought a very successful sports streamer BAMTech to power Disney+
by evilfred 3y ago
this is factually incorrect. Disney bought a very successful sports streamer BAMTech to power Disney+
- poink 3y agoOh, Jesus! BAMTech! How could I have forgotten a member of the vaunted FAANGB
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- schneems 3y agoCan you tell me how that changes the story for you?
- evilfred 3y agoit discounts the entire parent post. BAMTech wasn't a shitty in-house development, it was a billion dollar buyout of the widely acclaimed MLB streamer.
- jrockway 3y agoDisney is also a huge tech company, and has been one for a while. They didn't buy a system for managing theme parks off the shelf.
- poink 3y agoDisney is a huge tech company in the same way Lockheed Martin is a huge tech company.
- gausswho 3y agoDIG or Disney Internet Group circa the early naughts was legit talented and influentially working in technology. Then the pyramid of management death arrived. Protip and disclaimer: never work for Disney as a contractor. They'll blame you for their own faults and bring the lawyers out on you for shiggles.
- donavanm 3y agohuge +1. I havent worked in the encoding/delivery/CDN space for a few years but BAM was great. They aren't "pulling an HBO" as far as I can tell; they skipped the painful build your own platform from scratch learning experience. _Maybe_ Disney could have taken a different business approach with licensing. And arguably they took a bath on Disney+ costs initially. But I certainly wouldnt fault their technical implementation nor would I guess that content management/encoding/packaging/delivery is going to be a meaningful business problem for Disney+.