Light Reading Podcasts

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.

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Update frequency: every 3 days
Average duration: 21 minutes
Episodes: 893
Years Active: 2018 - 2025

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Blockgraph CEO on how data is fueling the future of targeted TV advertising

Blockgraph CEO Jason Manningham joins the podcast to discuss how the company is keeping data safe and secure amid the rising tide of targeted TV advertising.

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00:32:23 | Thu 26 Jan 2023

The Divide: Ciena's Steve Alexander on closing the connectivity and digital education gap

This episode features Steve Alexander, CTO at Ciena. He joins the show to discuss the historic levels of funding we're seeing in broadband networks, and what else it will take to close the digital di…

00:27:48 | Tue 24 Jan 2023

What's the Story? Apple scraps AR glasses… for now

Mike Dano joins the podcast to explain why Apple paused development on its augmented reality (AR) glasses and shifted focus to mixed reality headsets for now. We discuss the challenges of developing …

00:13:24 | Mon 23 Jan 2023

The Notebook Dump: DeWi pushes forward, ACP needs funds, Netflix with ads is 'meh'

Jeff Baumgartner, Mike Dano, Nicole Ferraro, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser discuss the state of decentralized wireless deployments, and why some industry groups are worried about the future of the Aff…

00:30:07 | Fri 20 Jan 2023

Wave7 Research's Jeff Moore on the keys to cable's mobile success

Jeff Moore, principal of Wave7 Research, keeps close tabs on all things mobile, including cable's activities in the market. He attributes cable's success so far in part to scale, simplicity, affordab…

00:22:53 | Wed 18 Jan 2023

The Divide: How Kwikbit is bringing broadband to mobile homes

This episode features Joe Costello, CEO of Kwikbit Internet, a wireless ISP delivering broadband service to mobile home park communities in several states across the US, including Arizona, California…

00:38:19 | Wed 18 Jan 2023

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 fo…

00:25:20 | Fri 13 Jan 2023

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…

00:16:39 | Thu 12 Jan 2023

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.

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00:27:21 | Thu 12 Jan 2023

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 …

00:26:16 | Wed 11 Jan 2023

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 …

00:24:01 | Tue 10 Jan 2023

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.

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00:26:08 | Wed 04 Jan 2023

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.

C…

00:11:24 | Wed 28 Dec 2022

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…

00:33:34 | Fri 23 Dec 2022

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…

00:27:14 | Thu 22 Dec 2022

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 …

00:17:12 | Wed 21 Dec 2022

Synacor might split out its Cloud ID and Zimbra businesses, CEO says

Synacor, once a public company, went private last year after getting acquired by private equity firm Centre Lane Partners – a deal that came together roughly eight months after Synacor and Qumu scrub…

00:23:04 | Tue 20 Dec 2022

Edgewater Wireless CEO on how 'spectrum slicing' can beef up Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi continues to make progress with respect to speed, capacity and lower latencies with Wi-Fi 6E today and, soon, Wi-Fi 7.

One company that's looking beyond the baseline standards to get even more o…

00:25:32 | Mon 19 Dec 2022

The Notebook Dump: We're freezing up in here

Light Reading editors Jeff Baumgartner, Nicole Ferraro, Mike Dano, Phil Harvey and Kelsey Ziser all connected for one last episode of The Notebook Dump for 2022. Just about everyone's video froze at …

00:29:28 | Fri 16 Dec 2022

The Divide: Internet Society's Dan York on the state of LEO satellite broadband

This episode features Dan York, director of online content at the Internet Society. He joins the show to discuss the details of a new report called Perspectives on LEO Satellites.