Five years ago this week… German public service broadcaster ZDF called out the nation’s competition regulator, asking for clarity on the conditions necessary to form a joint OTT platform. ZDF was seeking to avoid all roadblocks as it had started discussions with Discovery and ProSiebenSast.1, which had just launched a Hulu-esque service combining maxdome, Eurosport Player and the existing streaming service 7TV. ZDF was also planning a European revolt against Netflix with other public service broadcasters – France Televisions and Italy’s RAI. The three, seeking to sign content partnerships with four other European countries, formed a group aptly named The Alliance. — Mesh WiFi connoisseur Plume reports that it performed 20.9% more fast interference optimizations in Plume-powered homes in the…