Five years ago this week… Walmart was stumbling into streaming and subscriptions with Walmart+, a blatant attempt to copy Amazon Prime without understanding what made Prime sticky. Walmart+ was leaning on old assets like Vudu, which had underperformed for a decade, and overseas experiments like Flipkart Video in India. The retail giant was confident it could hack the subscription game, but entered entertainment without a coherent strategy or real insight into the customers it was trying to reach. Today, Walmart+ remains primarily about groceries and fuel, with its entertainment ambitions largely unrealized. GMA Network goes cloud-first with Synamedia: Philippines-based broadcaster GMA Network, known for flagship international channels like GMA Pinoy TV, is fully embracing IP distribution with Synamedia’s…