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Weekend reading for #pubmedia, Nov. 17, 2017

A two-week gap has elapsed since the last compendium of links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  The FCC approval of ATSC 3.0 is the big news this time.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV

• FCC approves ATSC/Next-Gen TV for OTA broadcasting.  TVTechnology  …and…  TVNewsCheck  …and…  Variety
• must read  Harry Jessell: It’s now up to the market to make 3.0 work.  TVNewsCheck
• Sinclair announces nationwide ATSC 3.0 deployment after FCC OK.  FierceCable
• Top 4 ‘outrageous myths’ about ATSC 3.0.  TVNewsCheck
• Rep. Dingell has privacy concerns over ATSC 3.0.  Broadcasting & Cable  …and…  TVNewsCheck
• NAB and CTA team on ATSC 3.0 ‘test lab’ in Cleveland.  TVTechnology

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• Kagan: Pay-TV lost 1.2M users in Q3.  FierceCable

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• must read  Devices streaming to TVs go mainstream in the U.S.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Streaming tech reaches one-third of universe, eroding ‘traditional TV’ viewing.  MediaPost
• must read  Research: 52% of viewers now watch their favorite show from an online source.  Video Nuze
• One size does not fit all in OTT world.  Rapid TV News
• Connected TV advertising is surging.  Video Nuze
• U.S. OTT market heats up.  Rapid TV News
• The man who gave us the DVR says Roku is the future of TV.  MarketWatch

Journalism

• must read  8 strategies for saving local newsrooms.  Columbia Journalism Review

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• With mobile, NPR is not checking off the boxes: How NPR builds great apps.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• BBC debuts interactive audio drama for Amazon Alexa.  Radio & Internet News
• The Main Studio Rule: U.S. radio’s biggest opportunity in years.  RadioInfo

Strategy/Management/Legal

• Inside the Guardian’s consumer-revenue operation.  Digiday

Television

• must read  Why have TV viewers stopped channel surfing?  MediaPost
• must read  ‘Content Connoisseurs’ dominate TV landscape.  Rapid TV News
• Rapidly abundant 4K/Ultra HD content failing to reach platforms.  Rapid TV News
• Nielsen to incorporate Comcast set-top data in local TV ratings.  MediaPost
• HDR TV shipments to soar 300% by 2021.  Rapid TV News
• CBS no longer tied to traditional TV?  nScreenMedia

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

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Sep. 16, 2017

Here are some links of interest that I’ve posted to @haarsager on Twitter this past week.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• New Public Media Venture Group will exploit potential of ATSC 3.0.  Current
• ONE Media refutes T-Mobile claims about 3.0 tuners.  TVNewsCheck  …and…  T-Mobile: No to ATSC 3.0 cellphone mandate.  TVNewsCheck

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• Cord-cutting explodes: 22M U.S. adults will have canceled cable, satellite TV by end of 2017.  Variety 
• must read  Studies point to widening age gap among pay-TV subscribers.  FierceCable  …and…  Younger viewers shun pay-TV as search difficulties lead viewers to off button.  Rapid TV News

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• must read  Hulu is spending more than Facebook and Apple, but far less than Netflix on content.  MarketWatch
• must read  Research: Millennials continue shifting viewing online.  Video Nuze  …and…  Millennials lead online video consumption.  Rapid TV News

Repack/Incentive Auction

• must read  FCC’s repacking effort may far exceed 39 months.  FierceWireless  …and…  Failure to meet 39-month repack plan could spell trouble for FCC, carriers warn.  FierceWireless

Social Media

• Are publishers making money on Facebook? ‘Not really,’ a new report finds.  NiemanLab

Strategy/Management/Legal

• Online public file to bring new scrutiny to issues/programs lists.  CommLawBlog

Wireless

• What kind of spectrum do carriers want for 5G? ‘All of it'.  FierceWireless
• What you need to know about the FCC’s 2017 wireless competition report.  Wetmachine

Weekly readings for #pubmedia, Sep. 12, 2017

I’m a little late in getting this collection of selected recent links from my @haarsager Twitter feed compiled.  It was a busy weekend, and I didn’t even have a hurricane to blame.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• The HDTV switch revisited: Is ATSC 3.0 déjà vu all over again?  Spectator.org
• Sinclair closes $240M Bonten Media deal, adds 14 stations.  FierceCable

Cable/MVPD/Cord-Cutting/Pay-TV

• Comcast integrates YouTube into X1 set-top boxes.  Video Nuze
• must read  Unprecedented global transformation creates a perfect storm of slowing pay-TV growth.  Rapid TV News

Digital Video/VOD/OTT

• must read  Reach, frequency and engagement continue to expand for SVOD.  nScreenMedia
• must read  Shifting demographics, premium tiers drive next wave of SVOD growth.  Rapid TV News
• Comcast integrates YouTube into X1 set-top boxes.  Video Nuze
• For Disney’s new OTT service, success is all about the price.  Video Nuze
• Roku best hope for growth not in box sales.  nScreenMedia

Journalism

• Two-thirds of Americans are now getting news from social media.  recode
• What I’ll tell my journalism students after Charlottesville.  Columbia Journalism Review

Radio/Digital Audio/Podcasting

• How broadcasters could continue to control the dash.  Radio Ink
• Report finds digital killing radio’s next gen: Broadcasters, Nielsen call foul.  MediaPost  …and…  NAB, Nielsen respond to study predicting terrestrial radio’s downfall.  Variety
• must read  Podcast popularity opens important door for radio.  MediaPost
• must read  In the war of virtual assistants, where’s radio?  Jacobs Media Strategies

Repack/Spectrum

• Tower guy to Hill: Post-auction repack should not be rushed.  Broadcasting & Cable
• Lawmakers hear that pubcasters need additional $50M for repack.  Current

Social Media

• must read  Two-thirds of Americans are now getting news from social media.  recode

Television

• must read  The battle for the TV home page.  nScreenMedia
• must read  Broadcast-only homes see big rise.  Multichannel News  …and…  Broadcast-only TV homes add younger viewers.  MediaPost  …and…  Broadcast-only TV homes up 41% in last five years.  Rapid TV News
• Five reasons Wall Street is right to be bearish on TV stocks.  nScreenMedia  …and…  Media stocks sink, Comcast warns of subscriber loss.  MediaPost
• How are TV homes growing if pay TV is shrinking?  nScreenMedia
• must read  Millennials lead in time-shifted TV usage.  Rapid TV News

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, 8/31/17

Sending this collection of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed off a little early due to weekend travel.  That plus an apparent “vacation effect” from sources makes for a shorter-than-normal collection this week.  --Dennis

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• How to find and keep online video subscribers.  nScreenMedia
• Hulu, other vMVPDs ramp up affiliate deal chest-thumping.  FierceCable
• No stopping North American SVOD Market.  Rapid TV News
• must read  Broadcast TV poised to play bigger role in skinny bundles’ success.  Video Nuze

Journalism

• must read  How top publishers are restoring trust on social.  MediaShift

Social Media

• Snapchat content chief expects first scripted fare this year.  Hollywood Reporter
• must read  How top publishers are restoring trust on social.  MediaShift

Repack/Spectrum

• NAB, tech industry throw down over TV white spaces.  FierceWireless

Television

• must read  Will mobile become the dog wagging TV advertising’s tail?  MediaPost
• Apple’s TV plans are still stuck in neutral.  recode

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Aug. 26, 2017

Here is this week’s list of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• must read  Cord-cutting still doesn’t beat the cable bundle.  Wired

Digital Video/VOD/OTT

• Roku expands to 37% market share of connected TV devices.  Video Nuze  …and…  Roku increases leading share of online video streaming market.  Rapid TV News
• must read  Content set to drive OTT revolution.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Content isn’t king.  Benedict Evans in ben-evens.com
• OTT market may be headed for consolidation.  Rapid TV News
• Video providers pursue advertising, subscriptions or both.  Video Nuze
• Smart TV users watch 36% less than streaming stick/box users.  nScreenMedia

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• must read  Millennials, podcasting & “old school” media.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• It’s about the LX – the listener experience.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• Nielsen: 50% of homes are now podcast fans.  Radio Ink
• Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listening to public radio.  Current
• must read  Broadcasting and podcasting <> podcasting and broadcasting.  Jacobs Media Strategies

Repack/Incentive Auction/Spectrum

• [ya think?]  FCC’s repacking effort may far exceed 39 months.  FierceWireless
• Repack deadline passes – more work ahead.  TVTechnology
• Tech voices push for white spaces.  Broadcasting & Cable

Television

• must read  Crowded TV marketplace gets ready for three tech giants.  New York Times

Wireless

• T-Mobile to roll out 5G over 600 MHz and other spectrum.  FierceWireless

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Aug. 18, 2017

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