Here is this week’s list of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed. --Dennis
Cable/Pay-TV/Satellite TV
Pay-TV profit forecast: Steep declines by 2023. MediaPost
Consumer service and experience match content and cost as new pay-TV differentiators. Rapid TV News
DirecTV sets launch of three 4k channels. FierceCable
Digital Video/OTT/VOD
must read Live video poised to soar as Facebook doubles down. Video Nuze …and… Why Facebook went all in on Live Video. BuzzFeed
must read On-demand demographics: VOD viewing across generations. Nielsen
More than half download video monthly. nScreenMedia
Online video share of viewing to double in the next decade. Rapid TV News
U.S. cord-cutting cuts loose as OTT revenues rocket. Rapid TV News
Consumer Electronics
4K penetration to pass 23% in 2016. Rapid TV News
Vizio teams with Google on the future of TV. SF Gate
Journalism
must read Digital disruption is coming quickly to TV news; how can broadcasters adapt and respond. Nieman Lab
Data journalism, a crucial skill that most J-schools aren’t teaching. Columbia Journalism Review
Management/Strategy/Business
Ads are more effective in G-rated TV shows. MediaPost
CPB prods TV stations to consolidate. Current
must read Mobile is Eating the World 2016. Benedict Evans of Andreessen Horowitz in SlideShare
must read Why your brilliant content strategy doesn’t stand a chance. Greg Satell in Digital Tonto
Radio
Radio is a great value proposition – no user name, password, wifi or credit card needed. Jacobs Media Strategies
must read Podcasts a go-go. Jacobs Media Strategies
Gimlet Media’s radical transparency. NewCo Shift in Medium
Five ways to share your audio. The Media Online
Spectrum/Incentive Auction/ATSC 3.0
must read As spectrum auction unfolds, big questions loom. Bloomberg BNA
FCC chair to Senate: Spectrum auction could extend into FY 2017 (post 9/30/16). Broadcasting & Cable
Television
Older viewers hang on to TV, younger viewers flee it. nScreenMedia
