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Re:Netflix Is Why AT&T bought Time Warner, and Comcast and D... by coralreef on Sunday June 17, 2018 @02:10PM (#17333511)
Getting the engineering to scale fast would be difficult, but IMO isn't a fundamental issue. Streaming video is basically a solved problem and is not where the money is.

People subscribe for the content, not the technology. HBO isn't a tech first company but is probably doing a disproportionate amount of subscriptions thanks to Game of Thrones.

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Re:Netflix Is Why AT&T bought Time Warner, and Comcast and D... by chii on Monday June 18, 2018 @06:02AM (#17336975)
People do subscribe for the content, but the tech still has to work well for people to continue subscribing. If the stream stutter or otherwise fail constantly, the user experience is gonna drive customers away. Tech is a functional requirement, not a feature.
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Re:Netflix Is Why AT&T bought Time Warner, and Comcast and D... by Agathos on Sunday June 17, 2018 @03:17PM (#17333820)
And does HBO still lease that technology from MLB Advanced Media? Strange to think a leader in this technology is spun off from a sport that took off back when "streaming" meant "watching the guy update the box score outside the telegraph office."
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