Re: Disney+ Streaming

[Bryan Holloway <bryan () shout net>]

On 11/13/19 1:06 PM, Niels Bakker wrote:
> * mikebolitho () gmail com (Mike Bolitho) [Wed 13 Nov 2019, 12:05 CET]:
> > This has gone well beyond out of scope of the NANOG list. Discussing who
> > watches what kind of content has nothing to do with networking. Can you
> > guys take the conversation elsewhere?
>
> On the contrary.  This discussion informs eyeball networks' capacity 
> planning requirements for the upcoming years.
>
> It'd be nice to go from anecdata to data, though.
>
>
>      -- Niels.


Indeed ... as an eyeball network, this is all very relevant.

Another aspect that hasn't been mentioned in this thread (I think), is 
that besides there being a potential saturation of streaming services, 
there's also the backroom dealings between content and content-providers.

Here's some data: Netflix just lost "Friends", one of its most popular 
offerings (and probably more than a blip on my bandwidth graphs) to HBO 
Max. This is but one example, but, as a whole, stuff like this is very 
important for capacity-planning.

Not saying it's gonna happen, but if Disney "lost" the Star Wars 
franchise to, say, Amazon, you better believe there are likely to be 
traffic shifts. (Yes, I know they own it.)