An IBC webinar this week inadvertently became a metaphor for the media industry, illustrating the brutal reality of cost-cutting and consolidation before a panelist had uttered a single word. DAZN was expected to be represented on the panel by Robin Oakley, VP of Distribution Engineering at the sports streaming provider, until last week, when a spate of layoffs left Oakley a free agent. With the newly freelanced title of Distribution Technology Leader, Faultline’s approaches to uncover details on the recent cuts to DAZN’s in-house CDN business were resisted. Oakley’s praising of partners and of gains in streaming QoE suggests that DAZN’s recent work with MainStreaming and Broadpeak has been successful. However, this may be bittersweet, with the build-out of the…