Entertainment & Social Media Platform Build

I’m kicking off development of an all-in-one entertainment and social platform that blends premium streaming, web-series, short-form video, and an Instagram-style community. The first milestone is clear: build out robust Creator Channels. Creators need their own spaces to upload episodes or short clips, grow followers, and monetise through subscriptions or tips.

Once that core is stable we’ll layer in the premium streaming catalogue, concentrating on full-length TV shows rather than movies or live events, so the video pipeline must already handle adaptive HLS, DRM, and binge-style playback.

Here’s what I need delivered:
• Cross-platform MVP (iOS, Android, web) focused on Creator Channels.
• Admin dashboard for content, creator, and analytics management.
• Integrated player ready for TV-show length streams with AirPlay/Chromecast.
• Secure auth, subscription billing, and basic social interactions (follow, like, comment).

A modern stack—think Node.js/TypeScript or Go micro-services on AWS or GCP, React Native or Flutter front-end, GraphQL, and a solid CDN—will fit well, but I’m open to suggestions if you can justify them. Clean, well-documented code in GitHub and deployment to a staging environment are non-negotiable.

Share two similar platforms you’ve built, outline your proposed architecture, and give a realistic timeline for the MVP so we can move forward quickly.