Faultline’s grumblings about a dead zone in the usually consistent Netflix Tech Blog, specifically regarding its live streaming exploits, have been heard, thanks to the company’s new ‘Behind the Streams’ series. This is a welcome turn of events, especially as certain Netflix engineers previously told us that bosses were being particularly stringent about how much information they could share about the live streaming strategy. Over two years since Netflix’s first live stream (the Chris Rock gig), and three years since the company first dreamed of going live, the company’s latest mega-blog is an attempt to explain the technical journey of live streaming. Part 1 sets the scene, providing a broad overview of the technical decisions made over a three-year period.…