I’ve been in Scotland, taking a three-week break from aggregating these links, but not a break from posting them to my @haarsager Twitter account. Here is a longer-than-usual catch-up. The most recent articles are generally near the top of each category. --Dennis
ATSC 3.0/HbbTV
- Sinclair, NAB cheer FCC’s ATSC draft order. FierceCable
- Retrans a key part of FCC’s ATSC 3.0 plan. TVNewsCheck
- FCC to vote on ATSC 3.0 on Nov. 16. TVNewsCheck
- CTA warns of ATSC 3.0 ‘chaos’ without modulation standard. Broadcasting & Cable
- must read Disparate views of the future of ATSC 3.0. TVNewsCheck
- Internet of Everything: The IoT market is projected to expand 12x from 2017-2023. Hackernoon
Cable/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting
- Cord cutting hits 632k for Q3 with bulk of top platforms reporting. FierceCable
- More than half of U.S. broadband households subscribe to pay-TV, OTT service. Rapid TV News
- vMVPDs alone no threat to pay-TV. nScreenMedia
Digital Video/VoD/OTT
- More than half of U.S. broadband households subscribe to pay-TV, OTT service. Rapid TV News
- Can home Wi-Fi deliver TV reliably? nScreenMedia
- Netflix rumbles on, but it’s still hard to discern original content’s role. Video Nuze
- must read Mobile surges as VOD viewing set to catch up to linear TV by 2020. Rapid TV News
- Shift toward on-demand viewing accelerates. nScreenMedia
Journalism
- must read Young subscribers flock to old media. Politico
- Scoring stories to make better recommendation engines for news. Monday Note
Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio
- must read Radio can’t just check off the boxes. Jacobs Media Strategies
- Generation X is now driving NPR’s audience growth. Washingtonian
- Setting the record straight on FM radio in iPhones. Sam Matheny at NAB …and… Everything you need to know about FM radio on your phone. CNET
- Radio’s digital dashboard display dilemma. Jacobs Media Strategies
- The good NEW days of radio. Jacobs Media Strategies
- must read Classical music’s biggest problem is that no one cares. On An Overgrown Path
- Will radio get off the dime with podcasting? Jacobs Media Strategies
Spectrum/Incentive Auction/Repack
- Internet of Everything: The IoT market is projected to expand 12x from 2017-2023. Hackernoon
- FCC chair’s advisor: FCC can’t hold another big spectrum auction. Multichannel News
- Broadcasters emerging as winner in FCC reauthorization process so far. Morning Consult
- T-Mobile, Fox TV stations partner on repack. TVTechnology …and… Pocket Now
- Tower deaths put repack sked in spotlight. TVNewsCheck
Strategy/Management/Legal
- FCC to lift station modification freeze. Broadcasting & Cable
- must read Viewer preferences straddle generations. TVTechnology
- Pubmedia’s commitment to local audiences must transcend lip service. Gary Knell in Current
- must read How to crowdfund a TV series. Cablefax
Television
- AI is changing how you watch TV. Venture Beat
Wireless/Broadband/IoT
- nerd alert 5G: Can we do better than OFDM? Cohere Technologies believes we can with OTFS. FierceWireless
- FCC chair’s advisor: FCC can’t hold another big spectrum auction. Multichannel News
