Five years ago this week… Disney reported a $136 million operating loss in its Direct-to-Consumer & International segment for the closing quarter of 2018—a 224% drop primarily blamed on the costs associated with developing Disney+, set to launch later in 2019, as well as the ramping up of ESPN+. Profitability questions continued to rise and Faultline shut down the Disney defendants who said the House of the Mouse’s streaming business would prevail over Netflix because of its multiple video revenue streams. However, Disney’s BAMTech was something of a diamond in the rough, despite the eye-watering $3.8 billion price tag, as the streaming technology division prepared to take on the task of running Disney+. Disney had never previously been renowned for technology prowess outside…