Too busy to post last weekend, so here for your strategic thinking enjoyment are two weeks of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.
Cable/MVPD/Pay TV
One chart explaining the beginning of the end of the TV industrial complex. The Future Agency
What do we know about people who don’t (and never did) have cable? NPR
Netflix is wrong. Linear TV will survive, thrive online. nScreenMedia
Digital Media
Exclusivity could make OTT content discovery a nightmare. nScreenMedia
Maybe you should stop calling it ‘mobile’? MediaPost
Mobile video usage, challenges and habits [video]. nScreenMedia
TV Everywhere key to attracing millennials. MediaPost …but… Linear TV still dominates millennials video time. Rapid TV News
Do the seasons affect SVOD as much as traditional television? nScreenMedia
Mobile screen growth slowing, mobile video influence not. nScreenMedia
Netflix growth in the U.S. disappoints, international shines. nScreenMedia
Business model of selling TV shows to digital platforms under fire. MediaPost
Digital viewing now matches time spent watching TV. Rapid TV News
Google’s potential game-changing boost to mobile pages. Monday Note
Amazon’s live streaming service worries investors. Rapid TV News
Internet/Networking
Seeing great promise in Internet of Things. FierceWireless
Journalism
The dos and don’ts of ethical social newsgathering. journalism.co.uk
The future of news is not an article. New York Times Labs
Netflix sets sights in expanding into news programming. Variety
Management/Strategy
The best way to innovate is to do it with purpose. Greg Satell in Digital Tonto
must read A broadcaster’s guide to Washington issues. TVNewsCheck
Challenges of measurement in a digital age. Media Life Magazine
In a massively fragmented TV world, is content still king? MediaPost
We need to stop chasing the last big thing and start preparing for the next one. Greg Satell in Digital Tonto
Radio/Digital Audio/Podcasting
Pandora investors losing faith in its ability to compete. Fortune
must read To a great degree, public radio has two audiences. Current …and… Public radio’s generational divide. Jacobs Media Blog …and… What to do about declining listening among younger demos for NPR stations. Mark Ramsey Media
The New Yorker Radio Hour. Poynter.org
Spectrum/Incentive Auction/ATSC 3.0
Latter part of this article discusses post-auction repacking treatment for non-participants. FierceWireless
must read Harry Jessell on opening bid numbers. TVNewsCheck
FEMA to test ATSC 3.0 alerting technology. TV Technology
Verizon: We’ll be in the 600-MHz auction but more interested in high-band spectrum like AWS. FierceWireless
must read FCC issues incentive auction applications procedures notice. Broadcasting & Cable …and… TVTechnology …and… CommLawCenter blog
FCC issues auction opening bid prices for stations. TVNewsCheck …and… FierceWireless
FCC issues clarification of incentive auction quiet period. Broadcast Law Blog
Stations advised to take skeptical view of incentive auction opening bids. Current
Television
Global HDR TV shipments to exceed 32M in 2019. Rapid TV News
TV should switch to internet, UK’s House of Lords committee suggests. The Guardian
New generation discovers good old TV antenna. Marketplace …and… OTA is the bedrock of Katz’s growing diginets. TVNewsCheck
Does the future of television belong to the device or the app? Hollywood Reporter
