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Re: Cloudflare TV

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Post by adamw2k »

eastdakota wrote: post #25
owaislone wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was expecting a video streaming CDN so anyone could build a Youtube/Twitch competitor without having to deal with storing, transcoding and (live)streaming video. I vaguely remember AWS offering something like this. Not sure how much money there is in this market but definitely sounds like a great product fit for someone like Cloudflare.

Well, we did have to build that in order to build this. So… possible we'll expose more of that in the future. One step at a time.

Appreciate that the company's founder and leader is on here replying... Even if the OP.

Re: Cloudflare TV

#32

Post by opportune »

Seems like a proof of concept of what some future feature of https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-stream/ might be able to provide? I'm a little confused as to whether that product as-is provides the ability to stream live, but their blog mentions cloudflare.tv being live multiple times. If so, this is a cool proof of concept of the live capabilities!

Re: Cloudflare TV

#33

Post by js2 »

eastdakota wrote: post #2

Details and rationale: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ladies-and-gentlemen-cloudflare-...

This should be the submitted link. I was taken to a Live Broadcast and had no idea what it was and had to come back to the comments here to understand.

Re: Cloudflare TV

#34

Post by dannyw »

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #20
calcifer wrote: post #3

Seems like a useful service, but there is something quite ironic about having a video titled "The Risks of a Consolidating Internet" [1] hosted by Cloudflare. [1] https://cloudflare.tv/best-of/478d779664ac0f7ae7fe21064bdcb4...

I'd argue CDN services are our best defense against centralization like AWS and GCP. Cloudflare makes it possible for me to host something out of my house without getting taken down by a mild amount of attention.

Only if you don’t start using all of the “lock-in” features like edge workers or page rules.

Re: Cloudflare TV

#35

Post by phasetransition »

eastdakota wrote: post #8
ireflect wrote: post #4

This is really interesting and I hope it's a success. It seems like it's intended to be 80% useful and 20% tongue-in-cheek joke. I'm skeptical that viewers will prefer this live scheduled format rather than simply posting all the videos to be viewed on-demand. Don't get me wrong, I love the idea of this anachronism (and especially their 80s-era channel ID logo to go along with it) but personally I prefer to consume v…

We think interactivity is key, hence why we are prioritizing as much live content as we can. Site will become more and more interactive over time.

Somewhat tongue in cheek, but you would do well to find a Maria Bartiromo for Cloudflare TV.

A decade + ago, one of my closest friends was a day trader, and while inherently skeptical of CNBC, he and his cohort routinely tuned in to watch her.

Re: Cloudflare TV

#36

Post by ShroudedNight »

skybrian wrote: post #28
eastdakota wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What were you expecting?

I was kind of hoping for a place where people could broadcast live music concerts. (An alternative to YouTube and Twitch.)

Are music concerts materially different from other activities one would stream live?

I guess traditional audience participation via call and response would at least put a fairly strict upper-bound on latency...

Re: Cloudflare TV

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Post by derefr »

Someone1234 wrote: post #11
eastdakota wrote: post #2

Details and rationale: https://blog.cloudflare.com/ladies-and-gentlemen-cloudflare-...

After reading the schedule... I understand how this benefits Cloudflare, but I don't really see why I'd tune in. Seems like a mix of Cloudflare ads and "technical" content that is barely technical . More vague TED Talk-style philosophy. If I had to describe who I felt was the target demographic, I'd name middle managers who work in tech but don't actually know much tech. I mean they have someone from McAfee talking a…

Perhaps the same people who watched TechTV back when—teens with aspirations of becoming technical people, looking for an approachable semi-educational product, that can be justified/excused as being an entertainment product.

Re: Cloudflare TV

#38

Post by def8cefe »

cocktailpeanuts wrote: post #23
def8cefe wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> If I had to describe who I felt was the target demographic, I'd name middle managers who work in tech but don't actually know much tech. Who do you think gives purchase approval for Cloudflare services in an organisation?

that's why it's underwhelming. its best case scenario is a marketing channel, not a revolutionary new distribution channel, which is what i would have expected from a company like cloudflare.

Let's wait two days, tune in and see instead of jumping to conclusions. No reason to shit on something we don't know all the details about.

Re: Cloudflare TV

#39

Post by leourbina »

owaislone wrote: post #24
eastdakota wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What were you expecting?

I was expecting a video streaming CDN so anyone could build a Youtube/Twitch competitor without having to deal with storing, transcoding and (live)streaming video. I vaguely remember AWS offering something like this. Not sure how much money there is in this market but definitely sounds like a great product fit for someone like Cloudflare.

Cloudflare already does this (https://www.cloudflare.com/products/cloudflare-stream/)

I'd be willing to bet that Cloudflare TV is built on top of their Stream infrastructure.

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