Five years ago this week… Faultline looked cautiously at SeaChange’s attempt to reinvent itself with StreamVid, a cloud-based OTT platform launched alongside its first major deployment at Israeli diaspora SVoD service Screen iL. After years of pay TV decline and strategic resets, SeaChange positioned the platform as a new streaming back-end covering content management, monetization, UX, analytics and subscriber data. The revival did not last. SeaChange was acquired by Enghouse Systems in 2022 for around $29 million, ending its life as a public company. Today, the vendor’s IP continues within Enghouse’s media portfolio, but StreamVidremains a harsh reminder of legacy TV expertise proving difficult to translate into the streaming market. Paramount delays WBD merger trial: Paramount CEO David Ellison remains confident about completing the acquisition of WBD despite a legal challenge from 12 US states, while also leaving the door open to an out-of-court settlement. A US federal judge…