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