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
