Light Reading Podcasts
Light Reading
This feed is Light Reading's main podcast feed for "The Light Reading Podcast," "The Divide," "The Light Reading Extra," and "What's the Story?"Light Reading provides daily news, analysis and insight for the global communications networking and services industry. The publication was founded in 2000 and, since July 2016, has been a part of Informa Tech, a division of Informa PLC. We're part of a big team providing specialist research, media, events and training for businesses and professionals working in technology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 13, 2023 • 25min
The Notebook Dump: DirecTV layoffs, T-Mobile wants Mint Mobile, FCC map challenges
Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss DirecTV's layoffs, more problems emerging for the pay TV market and why Nicole Ferraro gets a kick out of watching football. In addition, we cover a few cloud and data center updates, T-Mobile's plans to acquire Mint Mobile and an update on the FCC's Broadband Map in the Notebook Dump for the week ending January 13. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2023 • 17min
Advertising on the big screen is a big deal in the streaming era
Pay-TV may be in decline, but the TV screen remains a valuable piece of real estate for advertisers as more and more premium content gets pulled into various ad-supported streaming apps and direct-to-consumer (DTC) services. It's a trend not lost on FreeWheel, the ad-tech specialist that Comcast acquired in 2014. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 12, 2023 • 27min
What's the Story? CES Recapped – Robot dogs, 5G phones and a sheep named Annie
Jeff Baumgartner and Mike Dano are back from last week's CES event in Las Vegas with a recap on new technologies and trends from the show. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 11, 2023 • 26min
Airties CEO makes the case for managed, monitored Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi 7 add capacity and improve the data speeds delivered on home networks, but the broader experience – down to the application level – is poised to take on more prominence, according to Airties CEO and CTO Metin Taskin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 10, 2023 • 24min
Quickplay explores the intersection between sports and streaming
There's no doubt that streaming and live sports have become a tandem, and it's a combo that will only continue to grow more prominent.On the technology end, companies such as Quickplay are keying on that trend. Quickplay, which connected with Canada's Rogers Communications on a regamped version of Sportsnet's SN Now app, believes the flexibility of cloud-powered streaming services will open up a wide range of new models and packaging potential for regional sports networks, sports leagues and teams. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jan 4, 2023 • 26min
More than 100K expected to attend CES 2023
CES returns to Las Vegas this week, and organizers expect that on-site attendance will cross the six-figure mark as the annual event continues to inch back to pre-pandemic levels. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 28, 2022 • 11min
Palo Alto Networks SVP: Injecting zero trust into IoT device security
Cybersecurity threats are a huge concern for any organization, but the results of threats to healthcare facilities can result in patient data being compromised and halting vital hospital operations.Cyberattacks on healthcare organizations increased 200% from 2020 to 2021, according to a 2021 NTT threat report.At Palo Alto Networks' Ignite 22 event last week, Anand Oswal, SVP of products, network security for Palo Alto, explained why a zero trust approach to securing medical IoT devices can provide more visibility into the network and reduce the attack surface. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 23, 2022 • 34min
PLDT grapples with fallout of missing millions
One telco that could use a Christmas miracle this season is Philippine service provider PLDT. The company's stock dropped dramatically - around 19% on Monday - after news that there's $866 million in unaccounted capital spending. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 22, 2022 • 27min
The Divide: How Wave 7 is connecting Enfield, North Carolina, with community broadband
This episode features LaShawn Williamson, founder and CEO at Wave 7 Communications, and Brian Vo, chief investment officer at Connect Humanity, a nonprofit working with communities to advance digital equity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Dec 21, 2022 • 17min
Unit 42 tackles threat intelligence on a global scale
Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 team is tasked with investigating threat data is critical to preventing future cybersecurity attacks.Wendi Whitmore, SVP of cyber consulting and threat intelligence, Palo Alto Networks said the Unit 42 team analyzes over 1,000 threat investigations each year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
