Here’s another group of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed posted in the past week or so. --Dennis
ATSC 3.0/HbbTV
- must read FCC chairman Pai moves to jumpstart ATSC 3.0 rollout. Multichannel News …and… FCC’s draft NPRM on ATSC 3.0/next gen TV. FCC [pdf]
- FCC takes first big step toward adopting 3.0. TVNewsCheck …and… FCC next-gen TV rulemaking notice draws praise. TVNewsCheck
Broadband
- The future belongs to the media and tech companies that can harness 5G. Recode
Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting
- Comcast releases beta of Xfinity TV app for Roku. Video Nuze
Digital Video/OTT/VOD
- Fifth of U.S. broadband households cancel OTT service in last 12 months. Rapid TV News
- Can foreign subtitled TV SVOD service find a U.S. audience? nScreenMedia
- Are apps the future of OTT video experience? nScreenMedia
- must read Facebook full stream ahead for premium video. Rapid TV News …and… Buyers see potential in Facebook’s TV push. Digiday …and… Here are the big risks for Facebook as it pursues a “video first” strategy. Video Nuze
- What millennials who cut the cord watch instead. Media Live Magazine
Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio
- Are you a radio station? Jacobs Media Strategies
- NAB study finds 44% of top U.S. smartphones have FM chips activated. Radio & Internet News
- Public radio audience growth extends to live station audio streams. Current
Spectrum/Incentive Auction/Repack
- Repack problematic despite progress. TVNewsCheck
- Forward auction continuing in cleanup phase. Moved into 10% increments this week. Current total $19.33B, Round 34. FCC dashboard
- must read Media Bureau adopts post-auction policies and procedures for stations transitioning to new channels following the broadcast incentive auction. CommLawBlog …and… Post-auction: 39 months or bust. TVTechnology
- Broadcast lawyers to FCC: Can we talk? TVTechnology
Strategy/Management/Business
- FCC’s Media Bureau rescinds ruling on new noncom ownership reporting rules. Comm Law Center
- A broadcaster’s guide to Washington issues [long read]. David Oxenford and David O’Connor in TVNewsCheck
- must read We too often ignore the tradeoff between innovation and optimization. Greg Satell in Digital Tonto
