How Apple can build a better video streaming service

So, you want to build a streaming service. At this point, the evidence that Apple is jumping into streaming is incontrovertible. You don’t pony up a boatload of cash for the likes of Steven Spielberg and not build a streaming service. Nor do you just shove that into Apple Music, a platform which has proved to be only half-baked when it comes to streaming video.

No, this kind of $1 billion investment seems to call for a major revision to infrastructure as well. This is a serious investment, and so of course