Here’s this week’s collection of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed. --Dennis
ATSC 3.o/HbbTV/Hybrid TV
- must read Hybrid TV [ATSC 3.0 in the U.S. –DH] opens big-data window for free-to-air TV. Rapid TV News
- HbbTV gains strength in Europe as smart TV penetration rises. Rapid TV News
Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Satellite TV/Cord-Cutting
- AT&T to launch DirecTV Now streaming video service before 2017. CNET
Digital Video/VOD/OTT
- EchoStar/Sling’s AirTV delayed during FCC review. Zatz Not Funny! …and… AirTV expected to blend OTA + OTT. TVTechnology
- ‘Simultaneous viewing’ may be taking toll on TV ratings. FierceCable
- Online video leaders’ programming spend exceeds traditional broadcsters. Rapid TV News
- Public radio stations collaborate to create VuHaus, the non-profit Vevo. billboard
Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio
- With its broadened story lab, NPR is looking to build up its next generation of shows and podcasts. NiemanLab
- Radio and connected cars. Jacobs Media Strategies
Spectrum/Incentive Auction/Repack
- my blog post Cycles, daisy chains, and TV spectrum repack and clearing realities. Technology360
- must read Destination repack: Not enough time, money. TVTechnology …and… Repack plan draws tepid industry reaction. TVNewsCheck …and… FCC: Post-auction repack planning can’t wait. Broadcasting & Cable
- Stage 2 of FCC’s incentive auction ends when forward auction component fails after one round. WirelessWeek …and… RCR Wireless News …and… Broadcasting & Cable …and… TVTechnology …and… TVNewsCheck …and… Quick end to auction’s Stage 2 may mean Comcast threw in the towel. Or it may mean nothing [Verizon and EchoStar have also been named as possible quitters –DH]. FierceWireless …and… Blink and you missed it: Stage 2 of incentive auction ends. JDSupra
Strategy/Management/Business
- must read The slow painful death of the media’s cash cow. Bloomberg …and… What if the newspaper industry made a colossal mistake? Politico
- Internet mysteries: Where does the disappearing ad dollar go? Digiday
- must read A broadcaster’s guide to Washington issues. TVNewsCheck
