Anyone know what Disney is planning on doing for streaming content distribution once they leave Netflix? Would be nice if they’d provide an on-prem cache server.
AG
I would guess they are using the Hulu platform as the backend for their streaming services going forward. They are now the primary stakeholders in Hulu (purchase of Fox). I don’t know if they do cache servers however.
Brian
Have we found out yet if Disney+ will have a CDN? Like Netflix oca, Akamai aanp, google ggc, facebook fna … a Disney isp-located cdn presence ?
-Aaron
An article mentioned BAMTech’s platform which is what NHL, MLB, and HBO GO are built on. The bits from the first two come from Akamai and Level3 CDNs. I haven’t looked into where HBO Go comes from.
An article mentioned BAMTech’s platform which is what NHL, MLB, and HBO GO are built on. The bits from the first two come from Akamai and Level3 CDNs. I haven’t looked into where HBO Go comes from.
Yep, they decided to buy BAMTech and build their own:https://www.thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-majority-ownership-bamtech/
I wouldn’t expect them to build out anything until they got some usage data to determine the build/buy economics.
$1.6B for less than half of the company and they don’t even source the bits themselves? Hrm…
They owned 33% and bought another 42% making it an even 75%.
Luke
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Perhaps they are looking to build a hybrid solution? That’s what I would do.
According to open job positions at BAMTech, they are looking for engineers to drive “on-premise, cloud, and third party distribution solutions. Working with the latest in streaming video, web serving and caching technologies.” There is also a CDN DevOps position open.
https://jobs.disneycareers.com/job/new-york/senior-software-engineer-cdn/391/10490558
-Dan Sneddon
So, on a practical level, with whom should I peer so as not to jack up my transit costs?
Helluva entry ...
*crickets*
*tumbleweeds*
Yeah, I’m going to send them an email and see if I can get ahold of their peering policy.
I’m hoping they will update it as they get more attention from other networks. They may just be procrastinating setting things up. According to bgp.he.net they are only announcing one v4 /24 and one v6 /48, which could be enough IPs, but seems a little on the small side.
Sorry for the double email but I wanted to add - the ARIN org was only created in November 2018:
OrgName: Disney Streaming Services
OrgId: DSTL-2
Address: 75 9th Ave.
Address: 6th Floor
City: New York
StateProv: NY
PostalCode: 10011
Country: US
RegDate: 2018-11-15
Updated: 2018-11-15
Ref: [https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/DSTL-2](https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/DSTL-2)
I'd be much more worried about only being on one IX than only advertising a single /24 and /48. I'm guessing they've just not fully fleshed out the peeringdb entry and maybe not fully built out the network infrastructure yet. A CDN, with everything coming from one POP in NY is not going to cut it.
Agreed, I noticed the single IX as well and asked them about it in my email. If they don’t expand aggressively in the next ~6 months, they’re going to have a very problematic launch.
I doubt it. If they use the BAM stuff and launch in October (after World Series) the timing might be right.
but hey… they’re getting transit from VZB\MCI\UUNET… so it’ll be great!
My understanding is that they are launching using commercial CDNs. Highly likely those CDNs don’t know what their traffic share will be like just yet.
The ASN you’re seeing pop up is a mid tier, not for delivery.