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This week, we discuss what could happen to DTC services Sling TV and DIRECTV STREAM if the planned deal for EchoStar to sell Dish to DirecTV gets approved. We also highlight the news that Skydance is in talks with the NFL to purchase the NFL Network and the latest on Diamond Sports Group's decision to release all but one of its MLB contracts in the hopes of getting approval for its bankruptcy reorganization plan. We detail Paramount Global's decision to drop Nielsen as its main viewer measurement currency in certain instances, with Paramount saying that in some cases, Nielsen's fees already exceed the total advertising revenue of the network being measured.We detail the misconceptions about Netflix and Amazon's advertising businesses and discuss why Prime Video is expected to add more ad inventory to Prime Video while not changing its plans to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers. Finally, we give out some numbers tied to the news that Comcast will deploy Qwilt's open caching platform inside its network at hundreds of locations over the rollout, with the first locations going live in the next 1-2 months.Thanks to this week's podcast sponsors: Integrated Digital Solutions and Netskrt Systems.Podcast produced by Security Halt Media
In this final episode, Mary offers personal reflections and parting thoughts. She reviews key points from the podcast and reaches a surprising conclusion: Perhaps, at its core, the NC debutante ball isn't really so much about the young women who debut. She also discusses the exclusivity of the debutante season as a symptom of larger economic barriers in the state. Rachel Hope Anderson offers guest comments on her experience as a non-debutante at Davidson College.Find out more:“Secret Sharing: Debutantes Coming out in the American South” by Cynthia LewisThe Season: A Social History of the Debutante by Kristen Richardson“Bloodlines, Ball Gowns, Trashed in the Hotel Room: Hegemonic Processes of Debutantes as Southern Royalty” by Anna Shelton-Ormond. Our theme song, “Rare Thing” was written and produced by Max Gowan and performed by Qwilt. Available online soon!
In this comprehensive podcast update on the CDN market, I separate facts from opinions, providing a detailed analysis of the latest trends. I cover everything from CDN pricing trends, market sizing (about $5.3B in 2023), traffic and revenue growth rates, DIY initiatives (TikTok, Disney, Apple, Netflix), tech trends and demands across 4K, ULL, CMCD, bitrate optimization, multi-CDN, Open Caching deployments, changes in performance testing, to unique delivery challenges in regions like India.Revenue numbers for CDN vendors, including Akamai, AWS, Cloudflare, CDN77, Edgio and Fastly, are broken out, along with where the numbers come from. Other CDNs discussed include Comcast Technology Solutions, Google Cloud Media CDN, Netskrt, Orange, Qwilt, Tata and others. I discuss the potential impact of market consolidation, Netflix streaming NFL games on Christmas, and the trend that will continue with customers looking to save on delivery costs. I also highlight bad data and red flags within reports in the market so you know what to avoid and data to stay away from.I mentioned many numbers in the podcast, nearly all from public sources, and I believe I got them right. But if I misspoke, I welcome any corrections. If you have any questions, please put them in the comments section or contact me anytime. (dan@danrayburn.com)My thanks to the nearly twenty CDN vendors, customers, sports leagues, OTT platforms, carriers and DIY content owners I spoke to in the week before the podcast.The podcast transcript provided by my podcasting platform has many mistakes, so I will work on editing it and posting a transcript when I can.Podcast produced by Security Halt Media
This week, we discuss the use cases for Apple Vision Pro and why it will not become the future of video viewing for consumers at scale. We also break down the Diamond Sports Group complex proposed restructuring plan, Amazon's commitment to make a minority investment, and the potential repercussions for Prime Video customers who will be able to purchase DTC access to stream local Diamond channels at a still-to-be-announced price. Finally, we highlight the deal between Qwilt and Cirion Technologies, which will result in Qwilt taking over the former Lumen CDN PoP infrastructure and running their edge cache software and cloud services across what was the Lumen CDN footprint in LATAM.We also mention some executives with new positions, including Walker Jacobs at DAZN, Michal Tsur leaving Kaltura, Stephanie Mitchko at AMC Networks, and Courtney Sanchez at Tubi.Podcast produced by Security Halt Media
Dan is Guidde's co-founder and an entrepreneur having walked the path as a founder and operator at multiple startups and large corporations over his 20-year career. Prior to Guidde, Dan served as the VP of Product and first business hire at Upstream Security, a venture-backed and leading automotive cloud cybersecurity solution provider. Before Upstream, Dan was Co-founder and VP of Marketing for Qwilt, a venture-backed startup, from inception to becoming the market leader in Edge Content Delivery with eight-digit annual revenues. Earlier in his career, Dan held a variety of product and marketing roles in leading vendors such as Crescendo Networks (acquired by F5 Networks), Juniper Networks, and Kagoor Networks (acquired by Juniper) as well as engineering management positions at Kagoor Networks and Seabridge (Nokia Siemens Networks). Dan holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Business from Tel Aviv University Magna Cum Laude and an MBA (Marketing) from the Leon Recanati School at Tel Aviv University. Key Takeaways Guidde's mission: to help businesses access the right knowledge for their operating proceduresContinuously improving your knowledge-capturing processesDan's take on the type of companies that can implement their knowledge management systemAlternative ways to share information, and why it's important to diversify your knowledge management toolsHow anyone can work with the Guidde team to come up with the best ways to capture information Connect with Dan Website - https://www.guidde.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dansahar/ Email - dan@guidde.co
This week we discuss the latest advertising numbers from Twitter and Snap's Q2 earnings, which saw slowing demand for their platforms and had declining revenue. We also highlight the rate of Verizon's cord-cutting numbers, with the company losing 86,000 pay TV subscribers in Q2 and have now lost 8.1% of all their pay TV subs in the last 12-months. Also discussed, Qwilt's deal with the NCTC to deploy CDN caches inside 100+ rural ISPs that combined, reach 34 million households.Companies, and services mentioned: Disney, ESPN+, Apple TV, fuboTV, Verizon, Twitter, Snap, MLB, ESPN+, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Qwilt, Vimeo.Questions or feedback? Contact: dan@danrayburn.com
Luis Beute, VP Global Sales for Content Providers at Qwilt takes us through how he made the jump from telecommunications to CDN and moved halfway around the world to do it too. Focusing on how he has taken as many lessons from colleagues and partners as from managers and mentors, this was a really great insight into Luis and his approach to balancing work and life.
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: The rise in mobile data usage, especially streaming video, has driven the evolution of mobile networks toward 5G and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC). This evolution paves the way for the vCDN from Qwilt running on OpenNESS. The opportunity and promise of these solutions working […]
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: The rise in mobile data usage, especially streaming video, has driven the evolution of mobile networks toward 5G and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC). This evolution paves the way for the vCDN from Qwilt running on OpenNESS. The opportunity and promise of these solutions working […]
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: The rise in mobile data usage, especially streaming video, has driven the evolution of mobile networks toward 5G and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC). This evolution paves the way for the vCDN from Qwilt running on OpenNESS. The opportunity and promise of these solutions working […]
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: The rise in mobile data usage, especially streaming video, has driven the evolution of mobile networks toward 5G and Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC). This evolution paves the way for the vCDN from Qwilt running on OpenNESS. The opportunity and promise of these solutions working […]
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Qwilt’s unique Edge Cloud Platform and Open Caching software solutions help Internet Service Providers address the dramatic growth of streaming media on their networks and the need for a low latency, high scale infrastructure to support future applications. Qwilt’s cloud managed open platform, running […]
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Qwilt’s unique Edge Cloud Platform and Open Caching software solutions help Internet Service Providers address the dramatic growth of streaming media on their networks and the need for a low latency, high scale infrastructure to support future applications. Qwilt’s cloud managed open platform, running […]
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Qwilt’s unique Edge Cloud Platform and Open Caching software solutions help Internet Service Providers address the dramatic growth of streaming media on their networks and the need for a low latency, high scale infrastructure to support future applications. Qwilt’s cloud managed open platform, running […]
In addition to CEO at RedSeal, seed investor mostly in cyber companies. Those include Area 1 Security, Synack, Tala, dTex, NS8, Mark43, Qwilt, RigUp, Planet, LumaHealth, Unbound Tech, Virgil, Cybrary, Halo Tech, and others. Also, Rothrock is the author of “Digital Resilience” published by Harper Collins. It is a non-technical book for management, leaders and really just about anyone interested in getting control of their cyber threat and response in this age of the bad guys are in, now what? What you'll learn from this episode: How Rothrock found a mentor at Texas A&M who helped him change industries and pursue technology in CA Rothrock's journey and the career path he ended up taking How to become a leader in anything you do The importance of tenacity, camaraderie, and celebrating together Education's role in Rothrock's life, and how he is trying to pay it forward Ray's motivational keynote speech, Compound Interest The importance of cybersecurity and how Red Seal is taking it a step further Rothrock's book, Digital Resilience, and what resilience means to him What it takes to leave a legacy Additional resources: Website: www.redseal.net LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-rothrock-75b9403 Twitter: @rayrothrock
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Mark Fisher, VP Marketing and Business Development at Qwilt joins Intel® Chip Chat Network Insights to discuss how Qwilt is changing the game around content delivery. Qwilt is addressing the biggest barriers facing service providers today with the launch of their open edge CDN […]
Rich Wong is a General Partner at Accel, a global venture capital and growth equity firm. Rich’s investment focus is on software, internet services, and mobile technologies and he currently serves on the Boards of Atlassian, Checkr, Instabug, Osmo, Qwilt, ServiceChannel, Tune and UiPath. In this episode, Rich speaks with Eniac Founding General Partner Nihal Mehta on his thesis of picks and shovels and why he placed early bets across mobile with Admob and MoPub. Rich shares his experience supporting Accel’s investments in Facebook and Slack as well as why he believes the reigning technology companies today are not immune to another generational disruption. He also speaks to opportunities in enterprise why companies are expanding globally faster than ever before. As an investor in UiPath, Rich speaks to Enterprise Automation and why with the increasing pressure for companies to be digital-first it has become one of the fastest-growing industries. He also talks family; The lessons of grit instilled in him by his immigrant parents as well as his approach to his own family and finding balance between being there for his children and the CEOs during critical moments. If you liked this episode, please share and tag us on Twitter: @RWong @Accel @nihalmehta @EniacVC @seedtoscale Send comments or suggestions to seedtoscale@eniac.vc.
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Mark Fisher, VP Marketing and Business Development, Qwilt, joins Intel Chip Chat Network Insights to share how Qwilt creates a full function content delivery architecture within the last mile network, for service providers to handle the immense demands of streaming live and on-demand media. Learn […]
נו, כבר החלטתם למי אתם מצביעים? כבר מרגישים היטב את תקופת הבחירות שבפתח. אחד האמצעים המשפיעים ביותר על עיצוב דעת הקהל בעידן של היום, ובוודאי בתקופת בחירות, הוא המדיה החברתית. יש כוחות רבים שמעוניינים להשתמש ברשתות החברתיות בכדי להשפיע ולייצר מניפולציות על דעת הקהל, וביניהם: מדינות זרות, פוליטיקאים וגורמים בעלי אינטרסים כאלה ואחרים. קשה לזהות אותם, קשה לזהות מהן החדשות האמיתיות ומהם פייק ניוז, קשה לדעת מי מהטוקבקיסטים הם בעצם בוטים מתוחכמים. השבוע נארח את שראל עומר מחברת Commun.it שידבר אתנו בדיוק על זה, יתאר לנו דוגמאות לדברים שמתרחשים והתרחשו לאחרונה וירחיב לגבי השפעות של התופעה הזו על כולנו. הולך להיות מרתק. עוד יתארחו אצלנו השבוע: נעה מוצפי, שתדבר איתנו על חדשנות במדינות מתפתחות; ומיקי שגב-רדל מהסטארט-אפ Qwilt, שהולכת לדבר על הדור הבא של העברת תוכן באינטרנט. הייטק בפקקים, האנשים מאחורי ההייטק הישראלי, תכנית האקטואליה של ההייטק. בשיתוף פעולה עם קהילת היזמים Start-up Stadium ועם עמוד הפייסבוק של כלכליסט. השבוע על הפודיום: 00:02 שראל עומר – פייק ניוז ובוטים בתקופת הבחירות 00:19 נועה מוצפי – חדשנות במדינות מתפתחות 00:27 חדשות השבוע עם נתן לייבזון 00:42 סטארט-אפ בפקקים עם מיקי שגב-רודל מ Qwilt 00:51 מוישי פרידמן עם פרשת השבוע – פרשת "יתרו" 00:58 דברי סיום: נתן, ניצן, אדר מנחה ראשי - אדר חי מנחיי משנה - נתן לייבזון, אורי טולידאנו, קרין רביב, ניצן גל מפיקים - אדר חי, יזהר שי, קרין אביב אורטל הבר, שקד דמבו ניצן גל ונתן לייבזון וידאו ועריכת סרטונים לדיגיטל- קרין רביב ע. מוזיקלית ותמיכה טכנית - אורי טולידאנו
השף איתמר אברמוביץ׳ היה מאבטח בשלל נציגויות ישראליות בארה״ב, אבל החליט שזה לא בשבילו והלך ללמוד בישול בבית הספר CIA בנאפה. אחרי שלא התקבל לעבודה במסעדת ״פרנץ׳ לונדרי״ הקים חברת קייטרינג בשם The Blossom Catering Company איתה הוא נהנה להאכיל את חברי הקהילה שלו. תודה עצומה לחברת Qwilt שאירחו אותנו בפרק הזה. אם אתם מחפשים עבודה מומלץ בחום לבדוק את עמוד המשרות שלהם. על מה דיברנו: כבד אווז, מרכיבי האוכל, טעמים, אוממי, רומנסקו, כרובית סגולה, קבבונים, אהרוני, בית כנסת, סבתות, שפים שצועקים על העובדים שלהם, גורדון רמזי, תומס קלר, בשר אמריקאי ובשר ישראלי, טלה וכבש, ועוד המון דברים קישורים מומלצים: The French Laundry / דן ברבר על כבד אווז ב-TED / Setting the Table - Danny Meyer קנטרו - איש המכירות חובב הקינוחים / WD50 - ספר הבישול / French Laundry Cookbook / Mr Pollo / יקב פלטר ברמת הגולן
In this podcast, Dan Sahar from Qwilt talks about efficiency of network operators and shares his insights and learnings from starting and growing his businesses.