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Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Feb. 24, 2018

Here’s another collection (a bit slimmer than usual for some reason) of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• HPA panel examines road to ATSC 3.0 and repack.  TVTechnology

Cable/Satellite/MVPD/Cord-Cutting

• How did satellite TV go from a $50B business to ‘less than zero’ in three short years?  FierceCable  …and…  Dish loses 200K more linear TV subscribers in Q4; value of satellite business ‘less than zero,’ analyst postulates.  FierceCable

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• Buoyant SVOD boosts U.S. TV market to be worth $140B by end of 2018.  Rapid TV News
• TV Everywhere use encouraging SVOD adoption?  nScreenMedia

Journalism

• KPCC, WAMU and WNYC help revive local news websites in L.A., D.C. and N.Y.  Radio and Internet News

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• KPCC, WAMU and WNYC help revive local news websites in L.A., D.C. and N.Y.  Radio and Internet News
• Why radio should eat the elephant (one bite at a time).  Jacobs Media Strategies
• RadioPublic calculator shows the pros and cons of today’s podcast advertising.  Radio and Internet News
• HD Radio penetration nears 50% in new car sales.  Radio Magazine

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

Readings for #pubmedia, New Year’s edition

I opted to spend last weekend with my kids and grandkids rather than compile this – go figure! – so here is a two-week or so compilation of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter account.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV

• 2018 preview: ATSC 3.0 will get closer to becoming a real TV technology.  FierceCable
• 4K for broadcast: Is it worth the expense.  Bill Hayes in TVTechnology [repeat from June]
• New single-box solution for 9+million OTA+broadband households.  nScreenMedia [this is an ATSC 1.0 device, but looks like a great, inexpensive solution later on for 3.0 conversion]

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• Most top cable nets see viewership declines in 2017.  Cablefax
• must read  How to cut the cord on cable.  New York Times

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• DIRECTV Now suffering outages in prime time.  TV Answer Man
• must read  Consumers demanding more from streaming services.  Rapid TV News [I’m getting more regular buffering interruptions – every 20-30 minutes – on my high-end data subscription via Comcast and discovery sucks on pretty much every OTT service]
• Demand and supply revamping OTT outlook.  TVTechnology
• New single-box solution for 9+million OTA+broadband households.  nScreenMedia 
• Netflix subs gain parity with pay-TV customers in U.S.  Rapid TV News
• must read  FAANG firms to sink teeth into tenth of total U.S. TV and video revs in 2018.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Facebook’s plan to take on TV.  MediaPost
• In 2017, TV’s streaming revolution made its biggest leap forward yet.  Vulture

Public Media

• Coming next year: A Mister Rogers revival in movie theaters.  MediaPost

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• must read  Podcasting: Radio’s answer to on-demand programming.  Radio Magazine

Television

• Broadcast nets register double-digit dip in ratings.  MediaPost

Weekly readings for #pubmedia, Dec. 18, 2017

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

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV

• What is Next Gen TV and when will it launch?  TechHive

Broadband/Wireless

• Why the fight over net neutrality is far from over.  FierceWireless  …and…  FCC overturns current net neutrality rules. FierceTelecomm  …and…  FCC repeals ‘net neutrality’ rules for internet providers.  NPR
• What will the end of net neutrality do to America?  HuffPost
• TV is now clearly the wireless industry’s new battleground.  FierceWireless

Cable/MVPD/Cord-Cutting

• Cord cutting slows in Q3.  FierceCable

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• T-Mobile promises to end the “complete bulls—t” from TV companies in 2018.  Ars Technica
• must read  OTT video ad growth triples in one year.  Rapid TV News  …and…  OTT ad spending up 18x over past 12 months.  Video Nuze  …and…  OTT now 26% of video ad spend.  MediaPost  …and…  OTT revenues to reach $120B by 2022.  FierceCable
• must read  More than 3/5ths of video plays set to be on mobile by mid-2018.  Rapid TV News
• TV is now clearly the wireless industry’s new battleground.  FierceWireless
• SVOD a daily habit for 60% of U.S. adults.  nScreenMedia
• TV networks are buying original digital series for their apps.  Digiday

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• must read  Beyond the narrative arc.  Eric Nuzum in NiemanLab
• Do podcasts have a “discoverability problem?”  Jacobs Media Strategies
• Norway becomes first country to end national radio broadcasts on FM.  The Guardian
• must read  Nielsen: The good, the bad, and the truth.  Jacobs Media Strategies  …and…  Radio listeners spend 58% of their tune-in time with their favorite station.  Nielsen  …and…  Nielsen Q2 Total Audience Report: Radio holds steady, smartphone use balloons.  Radio & Internet News
• Study: FM radio is top audio for smart speaker users.  InsideRadio

Repack/Spectrum

• must read if you’re Ch. 14  IEEE Broadcast Symposium Part 1: Repack.  Doug Lung in TV Technology

Strategy/Management

• must read  How ‘Sesame Street’ persuaded public television to act like a network.  Current

Television

• Television at a crossroads.  Forbes

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Dec. 1, 2017

Another page falls off the calendar.  Welcome to the last month of 2017.  Here is this week’s somewhat slim collection of selected links from @haarsager on Twitter.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV

• ‘Next Gen TV’ could be an ad boon for local TV stations.  Wall Street Journal
• Broadband/Wireless/Net Neutrality
• Comcast hints at plan for paid fast lanes after net neutrality repeal.  Ars Technica

Cable/Pay-TV/MVPD/Cord-Cutting

• Pay TV subscribers opting for open TV platforms.  nScreenMedia
• Legacy services set for collapse as virtual MVPDs disrupt pay-TV market.  Rapid TV News

Digital Video/OTT

• More than half of U.S. homes take multiple OTT services.  Rapid TV News
• must read  The young reject DVR, embrace smartphone video; connected TV picking up the slack.  nScreenMedia

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• Amazon is now creating content for Alexa.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• Comcast integrates iHeartRadio into X1.  FierceCable

Television

• We just don’t rent movies anymore.  nScreenMedia
• The retrofitting of broadcasting.  MediaPost

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Nov. 4, 2017

A bit thin this week, but here is another collection of selected readings of interest from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  Have a good weekend.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV

• Retrans a key part of FCC’s ATSC 3.0 plan.  TVNewsCheck
• ATSC 3.0 decision draws some critics.  Broadcasting & Cable  …and…  Pay-TV, consumer groups slam ATSC 3.0 proposal.  TVTechnology

Cable/Satellite/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• must read/hear  As cord-cutting accelerates, vMVPDs pick up the slack.  nScreenMedia  …and…  Video Nuze/nScreenMedia podcast: Are vMVPDs replacing pay TV?  nScreenMedia and VideoNuze

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• Moonves: Cord cutting means increased revenue for CBS.  Broadcasting & Cable

Strategy/Management/Legal

• How the Guardian found 800,000 paying readers.  The Drum
• Injunction sought to stop sale of KCSM-TV.  Palo Alto Daily Post

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• WWJ’s automotive reporter: Five things I’ve learned about cars…and radio.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• The joy of finding truly local commercial radio.  Radio Survivor

Wireless/Broadband

• 5G might be your next home broadband service.  PCWorld

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Oct. 27, 2017

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

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Oct. 1, 2017

October already.  Here are selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed in the past week.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV/Next-Gen TV

• Next-Gen TV: Will the bang match the buzz?  TVTechnology
• NAB reinforces no tuner mandates for Next Gen TV.  TVTechnology

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• Linear OTT boosts falling U.S. pay-TV.  Rapid TV News
• must read  Research: Pay-TV satisfaction is up, but price remains Achilles heel.  Video Nuze
• must read  Bad news and good advice for operators in new TiVo data.  nScreenMedia
• U.S. TV households subscribing to a pay-TV service dips below four-fifths mark.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Only 70% of U.S. homes have pay TV.  FierceCable

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• OTT: Is it TV or digital?  MediaPost  …and…  Is OTT a broadcast or digital buy?  MediaPost
• Is Amazon’s video strategy working?  nScreenMedia
• BBC iPlayer opens up access to archive programs.  Rapid TV News
• Full extent of Millennial, Gen X video consumption not being measured.  Rapid TV News

Journalism

• Network news audiences continue to shrink.  Los Angeles Times

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• Radio’s wake-up call.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• must read  More music, less typing, replacing radios drive smart speaker adoption in new NPR/Edison research.  Part 1: Radio & Internet News and NPR, Part 2: Radio & Internet News  …and…  The full report.  National Public Media

Repack/Spectrum Auction

• my blog  The repack death toll begins.  Technology360.com
• [for engineers] Unanticipated interference after repack. Charles Rhodes in TVTechnology

Television

• Destination TV maintains its grip on American viewing.  Rapid TV News
• Wells Fargo analyst: Local TV stocks rated to outperform.  TVNewsCheck
• Network news audiences continue to shrink.  Los Angeles Times

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Sep. 24, 2017

The following selected links were posted to my @haarsager Twitter feed in the past week.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• Addressability is about to take a huge step forward.  AdExchanger
• AWARN Alliance blasts T-Mobile assertion that ATSC 3.0 emergency warning capabilities are inferior.  TVTechnology  …and…  AWARN strikes back at T-Mobile at FCC.  TVNewsCheck

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• Skinny TV could be the key to cord-cutting.  Rapid TV News
• Analyst: Pay-TV losses could soon accelerate to 5M a year.  FierceCable
• Why you should buy a TV antenna. Yes, really.  Yahoo! Finance
• Will cable’s digital efforts hit a wall?  MediaPost
• Can an entertainment-centric skinny bundle succeed?  Video Nuze
• must read  Big generational divide over pay-TV subscriptions.  Video Nuze

Digital Video/VoD/OTT

• PBS flexes its digital muscles with the Ken Burns documentary series, The Vietnam War.  Decider
• IBC 2017 reports:  No one path to OTT video business success.  nScreenMedia  …and…  Innovation is key as TV broadcasters move online.  nScreenMedia  …and…  Three ways OTT will reshape the TV market by 2027.  nScreenMedia
• Video Advertising Bureau: OTT complements, not replaces, pay-TV.  Rapid TV News

Journalism

• must read  The media have a probability problem.  FiveThirtyEight

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• Podcasts democratized radio. Now PRX wants to democratize podcasts.  Fast Company
• Radio’s streaming effort may be screwed.  Mark Ramsey Media part 1 and part 2
• Six lessons radio can learn from cable TV’s woes.  Jacobs Media Strategies

Repack/Incentive Auction/Spectrum

• Extreme weather brings uncertainty to broadcast TV signal shuffle.  Bloomberg BNA
• Incentive auction second priority filing window opens: What to know.  CommLawBlog  …and…  FCC opens second post-auction TV filing window.  Broadcasting & Cable
• FCC: First auction repack reports due Oct. 10.  Broadcasting & Cable

Television

• Why you should buy a TV antenna. Yes, really.  Yahoo! Finance
• must read  Most TV companies unprepared for advanced TV advertising.  Rapid TV News