huge +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+.
Can you tell me how that changes the story for you?
it 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.
Disney 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.
Disney is a huge tech company in the same way Lockheed Martin is a huge tech company.
DIG 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.
Oh, Jesus! BAMTech! How could I have forgotten a member of the vaunted FAANGB