Claiming to be one of the first companies to build a cloud playout service, undertaking the task nearly 8 years ago in the face of many concerns about the scalability and reliability of the cloud, Amagi is starting to get cocky. But when we look at cloud-based uptake in the video market this year, with migrations directly accelerated by the pandemic, Amagi has a right to be. “What people once thought impossible to do is now a necessity,” Amagi’s CEO and Co-founder, Srinivasan KA (aka Srini), told Faultline this week. Faultline probed as to whether cloud playout deals with niche linear channels – such as the one Amagi inked with Tastemade to launch the channel to Peacock earlier this month…