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Seems like the company they bought has the tech, infrastructure and apps. [1]

I'm sure it will provide value to some and not others. Overall I believe it's smart move for Disney.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2014/07/07/the-bigge...

Isn't solving the Live Streaming issue different that the VOD issue? I mean, I know there is a large amount of overlap, but live streaming benefits greatly from what is basically multicasting. With VOD you may have every single person watching the same thing, but at different points. I think I read that HBO also uses the company that Disney bought, so they must be able to handle VOD in some form because the weekly surge of GoT watchers is likely massive.

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