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Amid the hype around streaming wars, Rayburn urges focusing on long-term sustainability over quarterly fluctuations:

“We’re playing chess, not checkers, and we care about what happens to this industry over a long period. And you can’t really look at what happens in one quarter.”

He notes streaming platforms like Disney are cutting costs drastically while hiking prices – unsustainable measures. Until core operations become profitable, short-term gains mean little.

Streaming ecosystem depends heavily on technology/service vendors. But vendors now struggle to access capital, impacting innovation. As Rayburn explains:

“Vendors going forward are going to have quite a few problems in terms of getting money. And if you don't have money, how do you invest in your business?"

With interest rates spiking and economic uncertainty lingering, streaming innovation could slow across domains like cloud, AI/ML, personalized UX, targeted advertising etc.

Rayburn is “amazed at the questions the board members ask because of how basic they are”, highlighting knowledge gaps even at senior levels. Such gaps propagate flawed assumptions and decisions across the streaming value chain.

More immersive education is imperative – perhaps integrating research publications, case studies, interviews and workshops. Education uplifts strategy.

Despite ubiquitious AI/ML hype in streaming, Rayburn notes actual adoption remains minimal. He advocates demonstrating real-life AI implementation versus hypothetical capabilities:

“Blockchain enabled encoding at the edge. This is nonsense.”

With growing economic pressures, AI and advanced analytics seem crucial to recapturing value – via optimization, personalization, monetization. The gap between hype and viable use cases must close.

Personalization is vital for driving engagement and loyalty. Yet attempts thus far underwhelm:

“There’s almost no personalization in our industry whatsoever. I’m going to just say, that’s absolute garbage. I keep getting recommended stuff for children’s cartoons. I don’t have any kids.”

The data, infrastructure and intelligence for true personalization requires a architecture overhaul. Without it, retention and revenue suffer.

Rayburn argues latency is overstated as an industry issue, mainly by vendors:

"But think of who's pushing latency in the market. Vendors. And why are vendors pushing latency? Because they've raised money based on this idea that we're going to solve a problem of low or ultra low latency."

While crucial in areas like sports betting, overall latency impacts remain unclear. Resources should target more validated consumer pain points.

In summary, streaming’s value proposition, architecture, processes and knowledge base necessitate reimagination. Quick fixes only defer the underlying work required. My discussion with Rayburn underscored streaming still being fundamentally defined.

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