Five years ago this week… The Redstone clan finally called for a merger of CBS and Viacom, arguing that the move would offer “substantial synergies that would allow the combined company to respond even more aggressively and effectively to the challenges of the changing entertainment and media landscape” – in other words, this meant it would finally embrace OTT. Faultline had long speculated about this arranged marriage, but we were hasty in assuming that the deal would be ‘put to bed this side of Christmas’, underestimating the endless bickering that would ensue. It was not until 2019 that ViacomCBS as we know came into being. — Netflix has been pussyfooting around gaming for a while now, but the…