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Weekend readings for #pubmedia, 8/31/17

Sending this collection of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed off a little early due to weekend travel.  That plus an apparent “vacation effect” from sources makes for a shorter-than-normal collection this week.  --Dennis

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• How to find and keep online video subscribers.  nScreenMedia
• Hulu, other vMVPDs ramp up affiliate deal chest-thumping.  FierceCable
• No stopping North American SVOD Market.  Rapid TV News
• must read  Broadcast TV poised to play bigger role in skinny bundles’ success.  Video Nuze

Journalism

• must read  How top publishers are restoring trust on social.  MediaShift

Social Media

• Snapchat content chief expects first scripted fare this year.  Hollywood Reporter
• must read  How top publishers are restoring trust on social.  MediaShift

Repack/Spectrum

• NAB, tech industry throw down over TV white spaces.  FierceWireless

Television

• must read  Will mobile become the dog wagging TV advertising’s tail?  MediaPost
• Apple’s TV plans are still stuck in neutral.  recode

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Aug. 26, 2017

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

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• must read  Cord-cutting still doesn’t beat the cable bundle.  Wired

Digital Video/VOD/OTT

• Roku expands to 37% market share of connected TV devices.  Video Nuze  …and…  Roku increases leading share of online video streaming market.  Rapid TV News
• must read  Content set to drive OTT revolution.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Content isn’t king.  Benedict Evans in ben-evens.com
• OTT market may be headed for consolidation.  Rapid TV News
• Video providers pursue advertising, subscriptions or both.  Video Nuze
• Smart TV users watch 36% less than streaming stick/box users.  nScreenMedia

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• must read  Millennials, podcasting & “old school” media.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• It’s about the LX – the listener experience.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• Nielsen: 50% of homes are now podcast fans.  Radio Ink
• Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listening to public radio.  Current
• must read  Broadcasting and podcasting <> podcasting and broadcasting.  Jacobs Media Strategies

Repack/Incentive Auction/Spectrum

• [ya think?]  FCC’s repacking effort may far exceed 39 months.  FierceWireless
• Repack deadline passes – more work ahead.  TVTechnology
• Tech voices push for white spaces.  Broadcasting & Cable

Television

• must read  Crowded TV marketplace gets ready for three tech giants.  New York Times

Wireless

• T-Mobile to roll out 5G over 600 MHz and other spectrum.  FierceWireless

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Aug. 18, 2017

Rainy today, nice this weekend; so here, a little early, is your weekly compilation of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• must read  Next-Generation TV expected to usher in new era of T-commerce.  Multichannel News

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• Cord cutting becoming pricier than keeping cable.  FierceCable
• Kagan: ‘Unprecedented’ annual decline as U.S. pay-TV loses nearly a million subs in 2nd quarter.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Cord cutting climbs to 976k users in Q2.  FierceCable  …and…  Skinny bundle gains help offset steep Q2 pay-TV video losses.  Video Nuze

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• TV becomes go-to platform for the BBC iPlayer.  Rapid TV News
• OTT growth helped by connected TV.  MediaPost

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• must read  Lessons learned from “The Millennial Research Project.”  Jacobs Media Strategies
• must read  How to make local listeners care about your story.  NPR Training
• How public radio is using Amazon’s smart speakers.  Current

Strategy/Management/Business

• must read  Preparing to expand news, KCET refines model for digital content.  Current
• At the heart of impact measurement, listening to customers.  Stanford Social Innovation Review
• Nielsen boosts distributed video model by creating Facebook, YouTube and Hulu views.  Video Nuze

Television

• must read  The messy, confusing future of TV? It’s here.  New York Times
• Voice search, voice-first video search availability growing, usage not so much.  nScreenVideo
• The four big trends affecting the television industry today.  FierceCable

Weekend reading for #pubmedia, Aug. 12, 2017

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

Cable/Pay-TV

• Pay TV increases share of home entertainment budget.  nScreenMedia

Digital Video/OTT

• Facebook’s march into video begins now.  Video Nuze
• must read  U.S. binge viewing pervasive even though age plays a key role in frequency.  Rapid TV News
• The future of OTT streaming.  TVTechnology
• must read  Disney blew a big strategic opportunity by licensing to Netflix in 2012.  Video Nuze  …and…  Disney to drop Netflix, launch own streamer.  TVNewsCheck  …and…  Disney goes direct-to-consumer to shore up shaky TV business.  nScreenMedia  …  BAMTech acquisition heralds lkaunch of Disney direct-to-customer service.  Rapid TV News
• Original video is the new OTT currency.  nScreenMedia
• Subscription VOD continues strong growth.  nScreenMedia

Journalism

• When Silicon Valley took over journalism.  The Atlantic
• must read  The media today: Wake up to your analytics overlords, sheeple.  Columbia Journalism Review
• must read  You can’t sell news for what it costs to make.  Frédéric Filloux in Medium  …and…  Frédéric Filloux on his new job, digital disruption and the one thing every newsroom should avoid.  Poynter

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• The old, weird days of National Public Radio.  The Paris Review

Repack/Spectrum/Auction

• Channel sharing outside of Incentive Auction context.  FCC
• Regional and rural wireless carriers ass’n warns Sinclair-Tribune merger could hinder repack.  Wireless Week

Strategy/Management

• must read  Pew’s fact sheets for public broadcasting and digital news
• For the digital future, the clocks have no hands.  Jacobs Media Strategies

Television

• Live TV remains top viewing method, but racial differences in habits persist.  Rapid TV News

Weekend reading for #pubmedia, Aug. 5, 2017

For when you’re done mowing the lawn, here are some selected links posted to my @haarsager Twitter feed this past week.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• Sinclair and Nexstar take a big step toward the next generation of TV.  FierceCable

Broadband/Wireless

• Echoing Microsoft, House coalition asks FCC for three TV white space channels to target rural broadband.  Telecompetitor
• Wi-Fi Miracast gets new features to support immersive HD, 4K Ultra HD.  FierceWireless
• Gigabit LTE gains velocity as more carriers, OEMs announce support.  FierceWireless

Cable/Pay-TV/Satellite

• Q2 bloodiest quarter on record for U.S. pay-TV.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Linear pay TV lost 941k subscribers in Q2, worst quarter ever.  FierceCable
• must read  vMVPD profitability questioned from all sides.  FierceCable
• Hulu users emerge as SVOD community most likely to drop legacy pay-TV.  Rapid TV News
• Amazon is poised to nose its way into the pay-TV business.  Video Nuze

Consumer Electronics

• TV sets are starting to disappear from American homes.  recode

Digital Video/OTT

• vMVPD profitability questioned from all sides.  FierceCable
• OTT devices surpass desktop for top digital ad platform in Q1 2017.  Rapid TV News
• must read  FreeWheel: OTT devices are ascendant, but challenges remain.  Video Nuze  …and… Link to report.  FreeWheel
• Amazon is poised to nose its way into the pay-TV business.  Video Nuze

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• First impressions and HD Radio.  DickTaylorBlog

Social Media

• TV news – via Snapchat? Here are some ways broadcast news is trying to stay afloat.  Los Angeles Times

Strategy/Management

• The digital native is a myth.  Nature
• PBS chief details states of federal budget fight: “There isn’t a Plan B.”  Hollywood Reporter

Television

• must read  Millennials unearth an amazing hack to get free TV: the antenna.  Wall Street Journal