Here’s another compilation of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed, the first since Dec. 17. As one might expect, it’s been a rather quiet two weeks for news on this front, although radio news seems exempt from the lull. Happy New Year everyone! --Dennis
ATSC 3.0/HbbTV
- ATSC 3.0 and MVPDs. TVTechnology
Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV
- Pay-TV enters a period of slower growth. Rapid TV News
Consumer Electronics
- Dish’s AirTV Player set-top box will combine Sling TV, Netflix, and OTA live channels. The Verge
- Radio and Amazon Echo, Google Home. Jacobs Media Strategies
Digital Video/VOD
- SVOD churn happens for many reasons. Rapid TV News
- Top video trends for 2017: more mobile, more automation. Rapid TV News
- SVOD discoverability big theme for 2017. nScreenMedia
- Streaming media devices to take over homes. Rapid TV News
Journalism
- We need collaboration in journalism now more than ever. Poynter
- must read TV stations fight ‘sea of sameness’ with experimental local news. Co lumbia Journalism Review
Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio
- must read What the New York Times can teach radio about … radio. Jacobs Media Strategies
- must read The secret sauce behind NPR One: An editorially responsible algorithm. NPR …and… NPR One: ‘We are the enemies of filter bubbles.’ Columbia Journalism Review …and… How NPR One data points to new ways of thinking about local content. Current
- Facebook finally launches a native audio product, but it has limits. Radio and Internet News
- NPR CEO explains radio broadcaster’s bet on podcasts. Wall Street Journal
- Radio and Amazon Echo, Google Home. Jacobs Media Strategies
- very cool First listen: Radio Garden, a world of radio exotica. Media.info
- SiriusXM is battling for the car radio. Wall Street Journal
Spectrum/Incentive Auction/Repack
- Wireless microphones and the FCC incentive auction: Key facts for broadcasters leading into 2017. Sports Video Group
- Expecting money from the FCC post-incentive auction? CommLawBlog …and… Broadcasting & Cable
Strategy/Management/Business
- Sorry digital media kids, ‘old media’ is going to eat you. Digiday
Television
- must read TV stations fight ‘sea of sameness’ with experimental local news. Columbia Journalism Review
Is 2017 the year for a major over-the-air TV revival? nScreenMedia
