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Weekend readings for #pubmedia, 6/24/2017

Some selected readings from those posted to my @haarsager Twitter feed in the past week…  --Dennis

Broadband/Wireless

• 10x growth in mobile data by 2022 driven by video, smartphone.  nScreenMedia

Digital Video/OTT

• vMVPDs grow subscribers and features.  nScreenMedia

Journalism

• News apps are making a comeback.  More young Americans are paying for news.  NiemanLab

Management/Strategy/Business

• Sinclair’s President & CEO: Without consolidation, TV broadcasting will ‘cease to exist.’  TVTechnology

Radio/Digital Audio/Podcasting

• Satellite radio invades the homefront via “Alexa.”  Jacobs Media Strategies

Repack/Spectrum/Incentive Auction

• Broadcasters face complex repack [i.e., be thankful if you’re not one of these].  TVTechnology 
• Repack reimbursement process starts now.  TVNewsCheck

This week’s readings for #pubmedia, June 19, 2017

Here is this week’s collection of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  It’s a little thin because I’ve been a bit distracted this past week, but don’t think I missed much.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• must read  4K for broadcast: Is it worth the expense?  TVTechnology
• Apple’s blessing crowns HEVC king of video compression.  FierceCable
• ATSC 3.0: Cable uses reply comments to urge caution on broadcast standard.  CableFax
• Public TV to FCC: MVPD ATSC 3.0 approach doesn’t fly.  Broadcasting & Cable

Consumer Electronics

• Alexa TV voice control over-promises, under-delivers.  nScreenMedia

Digital Video/OTT

• 2-in-5 seniors own a smartphone.  Time for 65+ video app?  nScreenMedia
• Most OTT subscribers would pay more to keep service.  Rapid TV News
• Broadcast TV, vMVPDs and addressable TV…a cauldron of disruption.  Rapid TV News
• Cord-cutters consuming 60% more OTT content than other viewers.  Rapid TV News

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• Radio: A century head start.  Jacobs Media Strategies

Repack/Spectrum

• FCC creates LPTV, translator window.  TVNewsCheck

Television

• must read  4K for broadcast: Is it worth the expense?  TVTechnology
• Linear TV, digital video ad models come closer as premium video unification advances.  Rapid TV News
• Battle over local TV ratings gets interesting.  TVNewsCheck

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, June 10, 2017

Here is this week’s collection of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• Apple HEVC adoption is a good sign for ATSC 3.0.  TVNewsCheck
• ATSC 3.0: Retrans parleyed, scope of detail debated.  TVTechnology
• Sinclair takes aim at MVPDs over ATSC 3.o.  Multichannel News
• AT&T: IoT opportunities for carriers extend far beyond simple connected devices.  FierceWireless
• FCC schedules time at the end of June to drill down on ATSC 3.0.  Multichannel News

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• U.S. pay-TV industry making big changes.  Rapid TV News

Digital Video/OTT

• must read  Cisco: Live video to increase 15x to 13% of all video traffic by 2021.  Video Nuze  …and…  Live and Ultra HD major factors in IP video by 2021.  nScreenMedia  …and…  Cisco VNI: video to claim 82% of Web traffic by 2021.  Rapid TV News
• must read  Broadcast consolidation could help push local content onto OTT.  FierceCable
• Study: Majority of young millennials consume OTT rather than broadcast content.  MediaPost

Journalism

• must read  The case for media impact.  Columbia Journalism Review
• NPR’s Facebook Live guide.  NPR

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• When did podcasting become cool again?  MediaPost
• NPR’s Facebook Live guide.  NPR
• The New York Times’ The Daily vs. NPR’s Up First: Which morning news podcast is better at what?  NiemanLab
• Is voice-control part of radio’s future?  James Cridland in All Access Music Group

Repack/Spectrum/Incentive Auction

• T-Mobile enticing stations to repack early.  TVNewsCheck

Social Media

• Media’s rank for social media connection?  Dead last.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• NPR’s Facebook Live guide.  NPR

Strategy/Management/Business

• must read  Media distribution splinters, adaptation to win out in tomorrow’s media industry.  Rapid TV News  …and…  PwC
• Eight of the most surprising slides from Mary Meeker’s 2017 internet trends report.  the Media Briefing [see last week’s post for link to this must see report] 

Wireless/Broadband

• AT&T: IoT opportunities for carriers extend far beyond simple connected devices.  FierceWireless

This week’s readings for #pubmedia, June 4, 2017

It’s been busy, so this is a two-week compilation of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  Because it’s been two weeks, I’ve tried to be a bit more selective than normal.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• HbbTV for TV operators.  Castoola (promo)
• South Korean broadcasters ready to launch ATSC 3.0 (actually, they did 5/31).  TVTechnology
• Univision joins Sinclair/Nexstar 3.0 group.  TVNewsCheck  …and… see my related blog post from 5/21
• Completing the ATSC 3.0 skyscraper.  ATSC
• How public broadcasters are lagging behind the innovation curve of Next Gen TV.  John Lawson in Current
• must read  ATSC examines 3.0 progress, views future.  TVTechnology
• must have pdf for your CTO  ATSC 3.0 Transition and Deployment Guide, v. 2 now available.  GatesAir, et al.
• Road to FCC 3.0 order could be bumpy.  TVNewsCheck
• Sinclair offers 1 million free ATSC 3.0 chips to phone makers.  FierceCable  …and… TVNewsCheck  …but…  ATSC 3.0 chips in the iPhone and other smartphones? Don’t hold your breath.  FierceCable (from 2/3/17)
• Next-gen TV promises immersive, personalized audio.  TVTechnology
• Fox makes HD services available via HbbTV in Hungary.  Digital TV Europe

Cable/MVPD/Cord-Cutting

• Cord-cutting explodes.  Axios
• Comcast quietly deploys 4K set-top.  FierceCable

Consumer Electronics

• Got an antenna and tuner?  You can now stream live TV to your devices with Plex.  Ars Technica
• Report: U.S. households own average of seven screens.  TVTechnology
• The disappearing computer [Walt Mossberg’s last column].  The Verge
• HDR to drive 4K TV through to 2022.  Rapid TV News
• Comcast quietly deploys 4K set-top.  FierceCable

Digital Video/OTT

• must read  Netflix to spend $6 billion on original content in 2017.  Rapid TV News
• Mobile internet to account for a quarter of media consumption.  Rapid TV News
• Research: Interest in video downloading is strong, but awareness lags.  Video Nuze
• must read  Connected TV and smartphone the focus of video usage growth.  nScreenMedia

Radio/Podcasting

• Why radio broadcasters should joint the podcast movement.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• must read  Survey: Many podcast listeners are switching away from radio.  Radio and Internet News

Social Media

• Facebook ramps up original video push with slew of deals.  Rapid TV News

Spectrum/Incentive Auction/Repack

• Harnessing the potential of ‘unlicensed [TV] spectrum to power connectivity.  New America Weekly
• WGBH, others tell FCC to allow post-auction license transferability.  Broadcasting & Cable
• FCC “incentive auction” marks progress and pitfalls towards freeing wireless spectrum.  Thomas Hazlett in Brookings
• LPTVs zero in on spectrum auction’s ‘Phase Zero.’  Broadcasting & Cable

Strategy/Management/Business

• Digital ad spend to eclipse TV this year.  Rapid TV News  …but…  Forrester says it’s end times for digital and display advertising.  The Drum
• Sinclair poised to become major syndie force.  TVNewsCheck
• must scan (& read if you can)  Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2017 report (355 pages).  Kleiner Perkins  …and…  All the slides, plus analysis.  Recode  …and… plus highlights.  Quartz
• must read  Turning membership upside-down: An experiment from a nonprofit news site.  Nonprofit Quarterly
• A broadcaster’s guide to Washington issues.  David Oxenford and David O’Connor in TVNewsCheck

Television

• must read  Nielsen: TV still dominates viewing platforms.  Rapid TV News

Wireless/Broadband

• MoffettNathanson upgrades AT&T, but still skeptical about wireless long-term.  FierceWireless
• Digital gap between rural and nonrural America persists.  Pew Research