Here’s another collection of selected readings from my @haarsager Twitter feed. Please note: Due to travel and internet limitations in that direction, it’s likely there won’t be another collection until after the 12th. I’ll be posting to Twitter though.
ATSC 3.0/HbbTV
ACA (cable org): FCC should not rush ATSC 3.o. Multichannel News
Cable seeks protections in ATSC 3.0 rollout. TVNewsCheck
An insider’s guide to the development of ATSC 3.o. TVTechnology
ATSC 3.0: We’re on our own. TVTechnology
Broadband
Mobile zero rating: The economics and innovation behind free data. Information Technology and Innovation Foundation [pdf]
Surprise: Americans consume a ton of mobile data. PC Magazine
Digital Video/OTT/VOD
Domestic SVOD spending growth forecast to slow, but many variables in play. Video Nuze
must read How SVOD has changed the business of making TV shows. Video Nuze …and… Podcast: Exploring how SVOD is reinventing the TV business. Video Nuze
Interview: Turn every show into a TV app. nScreenNoise
U.S. video streaming shows first signs of saturation but Ultra HD on the rise. Rapid TV News
Re-runs are “the future” of television. nScreenMedia
Multitasking on the rise among TV viewers. MediaPost
Video usage data analysis is industry’s greatest challenge. nScreenMedia
Journalism
must read What the New York Times can teach radio about…radio [and TV about TV]. Jacobs Media Strategies
Journalism companies are dead. Long live journalists. Poynter
Radio/Digital Audio/Podcasting
NPR Music partners with VuHaus for daily videos. Current
Spectrum/Incentivc Auction/Repack
LPTV/TV translator deadline … or punchline … announced. CommLawBlog
must read Game on for broadcast: Auction, Repack, ATSC 3.0. Harry Jessell in TVNewsCheck
Analysts: $420M price tag for Chicago’s 700 MHz may not point to 600 MHz auction values. FierceWireless
Strategy/Management
Apple mulls Time Warner takeover; and possibly Netflix. Rapid TV News …and… Apple ideas bankrupt on how to reinvent TV. nScreenMedia
Public to get round-by-round spectrum auction updates. Broadcasting & Cable
must read Receiving CPB’s Ralph Lowell Award, Jennifer Lawson urges focus on ‘societal value.’ Current
must read New media shares old media’s roof. Bloomberg
must read Death to the mass. Media must rebuild its business around relevance and value, not volume. Jeff Jarvis in Medium
