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Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Jan. 26, 2018

Just became unburied from a lengthy writing project, so took a pass on doing this last weekend.  So this collection of links from http://www.twitter.com/haarsager covers the past couple of weeks.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV

• ATSC 3.0: Broadcasters tout standard’s power ahead of full implementation.  Cablefax 
• Sinclair, Nexstar team up with American Tower for ATSC 3.0 SFN sites in Dallas.  FierceCable
• FCC ponders giving broadcasters ATSC 3.0 carriage flexibility.  Broadcasting & Cable

Digital Video/VoD/OTT

• must read  Video’s peril – and promise.  Steven Rosenbaum in MediaPost
• Growing pains for OTT.  TVTechnology
• Customer experience, usage data can get lost in SVOD distribution deals.  nScreenMedia
• Why you need a comprehensive OTT strategy.  Nielsen  …and…  Cutting-edge content from digital publishers keeps millennials coming back for more.  Nielsen

Journalism

• must read  It’s time for journalism to build its own platforms.  Heather Bryant in Monday Note
• The Guardian heads back into the black.  The Economist

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• Pacifica Radio gets $2M loan.  Radio Ink

Strategy/Management/Business

• A broadcaster’s guide to Washington issues.  David Oxenford & David O’Connor in TVNewsCheck

Social Media

• must read  How Facebook’s media divorce could backfire.  Vanity Fair  …and…  Facebook’s move to deemphasize video in news feed has consequences.  Video Nuze  …and…  Facebook’s news feed changes sees brand videos taking hit.  Rapid TV News  …and…  We were all feeling hostage to Facebook.  Digiday  …and… Facebook is done with quality journalism. Deal with it.  Frederic Filloux in Monday Note

Television

• Groups likely to expand program production.  TVNewsCheck
• The 360-degree news video siren song.  TVTechnology
• ‘8K? I don’t even have 4K yet?’ The future of television is still far off.  Digital Trends

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Jan. 14, 2018

Here is this week’s compilation of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  CES is responsible for a few entries.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV

• Hands-on with 3.0 OTA TV at CES.  Cord Cutters News
• ATSC 3.0 standard approved, Technicolor HDR proposal expected as part of standard.  CEPro
• LG plans ATSC 3.0 4k broadcast testing in U.S. this year.  hdreport

Broadband/Wireless/Spectrum

• AT&T reined in 600-MHz bidding as it closed in on FirstNet.  FierceWireless  …and…  AT&T looks to sell remaining 600-MHz spectrum.  FierceWireless
• must read  600-MHz incentive auction ‘extravaganza’ ends with a whimper.  FierceWireless
• Was the spectrum auction necessary?  Radio Magazine

Consumer Electronics

• Hands-on with 3.0 OTA TV at CES.  Cord Cutters News
• What to know about those 8K TVs.  Hollywood Reporter

Digital Video/VOD/OTT

• TiVo: 20% of daily life spent with video.  Video Nuze
• TV sets remain as prime device for VOD viewing.  Rapid TV News

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• must read (TV, too)  How public radio’s risk-adverse culture impedes its chances for success.  Eric Nuzum in Current

Repack

• Noncoms to get brief from FCC auction/repack experts.  Broadcasting & Cable

Social Media

• The problem with Facebook.  MediaPost
• must read  Facebook tells publishers big change is coming to News Feed.  Digiday

Television

• must read  TV still claims most-favored screen status.  Rapid TV News  …and…  TV sets remain as prime device for VOD viewing.  Rapid TV News  …and… Three-quarters of U.S. consumers have a connected TV.  Rapid TV News
• TiVo: 20% of daily life spent with video.  Video Nuze

This week’s readings for #pubmedia, 8 Jan. 2018

First compilation of the new year: This week’s selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV

• Sony, Pearl TV partner for ATSC 3.0 next-gen TV program guide.  FierceCable
• On tap for TV at CES: 3.0, voice, gadgets.  TVNewsCheck
• Free TV keeps getting better: Welcome ATSC 3.0.  ElectronicDesign
• ATSC 3.0: Now it’s up to us.  TVTechnology

Broadband/Wireless

• AT&T plans to launch mobile 5G in a dozen cities by late 2018.  FierceWireless
• ‘Alarming’ unlimited [smartphone] data usage: 31.4 GB per month and rising.  FierceWireless

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• 2018 could be the year Facebook banishes news from its feed.  Digiday
• Streaming becomes mainstream as cord-cutting accelerates.  Chicago Tribune

Journalism

• must read  Fewer Americans rely on TV news; what type they watch varies by who they are.  Pew Research
• 2018 could be the year Facebook banishes news from its feed.  Digiday
• Reporters, once set against paywalls, have warmed to them.  Digiday

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• must read  The value of podcasts.  MediaPost
• A dozen ways radio can whistle past the graveyard.  Jacobs Media Strategies

Social Media

• 2018 could be the year Facebook banishes news from its feed.  Digiday

Strategy/Management/Legal

• The great consolidation: How 2017 paved the way for the next gilded age of television.  Paste Magazine

Television

• 487 original programs aired in 2017. Bet you didn’t watch them all.  New York Times
• Record number of OLED TVs shipped at end of 2017.  Rapid TV News
• must read  Live TV and movie habits to continue sharp decline in 2018.  nScreenMedia