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
