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Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Feb. 9, 2018

Here is the latest compilation of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV

• ATSC 3.0 rollout can begin in March.  TVTechnology

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• 5% of U.S. broadband users subscribe to a vMVPD.  FierceCable
• must read  Shift in ad spending from TV to OTT expected over next two years.  Video Nuze
• must read  How Die Welt gets people to watch video on its own site.  Digiday
• must read  Facebook deëmphasizes news feed video; users’ time spent drops.  Video Nuze  …and…  The local-national news divide on Google and Facebook.  Axios
• SVODs to boost original content annual spend to $10B by 2022.  TVTechnology
• U.S. viewers have a love/hate relationship with live streaming.  Rapid TV News
• Most use smart TVs to stream, won’t displace Roku anytime soon.  nScreenMedia

Journalism

• YouTube announces it will start flagging videos published by organizations that receive government funding.   The Hill
• Martha Raddatz: Media ‘watching each other a little more’ after missteps reporting on Trump.  Politico
• must read  Why news publishers should consider the “smart curation” market.  Frederic Filloux in Monday Note

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• must read (TV too)  Local radio’s digital future.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• Paid listens on...  RadioPublic
• must read  Podcast listeners really are the holy grail advertisers hoped they’d be.  Wired

Repack

• FCC to to randomly inspect TV stations repacked by the incentive auction.  Broadcast Law Blog
• Walden: We need to find $3B for auction repack.  Broadcasting & Cable

Strategy/Business/Management

• What will drive media station values in 2018?  TVNewsCheck
• Ad executive: Advertising will decline 30% in next five years.  MediaPost
• After leaving PBS, KCET struggles with its independence.  Columbia Journalism Review

Television

• TV, video ad growth pinned to advanced TV efforts.  MediaPost
• 4K TVs build market presence as global LCD TV shipments fall to three-year low.  Rapid TV News
• Inside Jeffrey Katzenberg’s billion-dollar bet to crack the code on mobile video.  Digiday

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

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, Nov. 26, 2017

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving!  Here is my latest collection of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/Next-Gen TV/HbbTV

• Does Next-Gen TV spell doom for over-the-air DVR?  TechHive

Broadband/Internet/Wireless

• must read  Tim Wu: Why the courts will have to save net neutrality.  New York Times
• Former FCC chairman Wheeler says Pai’s net neutrality proposal is hypocritical.  FierceTelecom
• All signs point to December vote to kill net neutrality rules.  Ars Technica

Cable/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• Will internet TV streaming replace legacy pay-TV in 2018?  Nasdaq
• Lessons from the OTT revolution.  TVTechnology
• Skinny TV not yet picking up the slack for pay-TV subs drain.  Rapid TV News

Digital Video/OTT

• Will internet TV streaming replace legacy pay-TV in 2018?  Nasdaq
• Fans expect poor quality for sports live streaming.  Rapid TV News
• HD mobile video goes mainstream.  Rapid TV News  (in the video, move the screen around with your mouse)

Journalism

• Boise TV station develops 360 video strategy for YouTube.  NewsLab

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• must read  Understanding public media’s most engaged podcast users.  Knight Foundation in Medium
• At Third Coast, holding on to public radio ideals as podcasting booms.  The New Yorker

Spectrum/Repack

• FCC provides pointers on getting repack bucks.  Broadcasting & Cable

Strategy/Management/Business

• must read  Steve Brill: Newspaper bosses ‘paralyzed’ by change, clueless about paid content.  Poynter
• must read  There’s a digital media crash. But no one will say it.  Talking Points Memo

Television

• What you need to get HD channels over the air.  hdreport
• U.S. consumers spend more time watching films and TV.  Rapid TV News
• HDR mindshare: As awareness grows, so does confusion.  FierceCable

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, 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 reading for #pubmedia, Aug. 12, 2017

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

Cable/Pay-TV

• Pay TV increases share of home entertainment budget.  nScreenMedia

Digital Video/OTT

• Facebook’s march into video begins now.  Video Nuze
• must read  U.S. binge viewing pervasive even though age plays a key role in frequency.  Rapid TV News
• The future of OTT streaming.  TVTechnology
• must read  Disney blew a big strategic opportunity by licensing to Netflix in 2012.  Video Nuze  …and…  Disney to drop Netflix, launch own streamer.  TVNewsCheck  …and…  Disney goes direct-to-consumer to shore up shaky TV business.  nScreenMedia  …  BAMTech acquisition heralds lkaunch of Disney direct-to-customer service.  Rapid TV News
• Original video is the new OTT currency.  nScreenMedia
• Subscription VOD continues strong growth.  nScreenMedia

Journalism

• When Silicon Valley took over journalism.  The Atlantic
• must read  The media today: Wake up to your analytics overlords, sheeple.  Columbia Journalism Review
• must read  You can’t sell news for what it costs to make.  Frédéric Filloux in Medium  …and…  Frédéric Filloux on his new job, digital disruption and the one thing every newsroom should avoid.  Poynter

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• The old, weird days of National Public Radio.  The Paris Review

Repack/Spectrum/Auction

• Channel sharing outside of Incentive Auction context.  FCC
• Regional and rural wireless carriers ass’n warns Sinclair-Tribune merger could hinder repack.  Wireless Week

Strategy/Management

• must read  Pew’s fact sheets for public broadcasting and digital news
• For the digital future, the clocks have no hands.  Jacobs Media Strategies

Television

• Live TV remains top viewing method, but racial differences in habits persist.  Rapid TV News

Weekend reading for #pubmedia, Aug. 5, 2017

For when you’re done mowing the lawn, here are some selected links posted to my @haarsager Twitter feed this past week.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• Sinclair and Nexstar take a big step toward the next generation of TV.  FierceCable

Broadband/Wireless

• Echoing Microsoft, House coalition asks FCC for three TV white space channels to target rural broadband.  Telecompetitor
• Wi-Fi Miracast gets new features to support immersive HD, 4K Ultra HD.  FierceWireless
• Gigabit LTE gains velocity as more carriers, OEMs announce support.  FierceWireless

Cable/Pay-TV/Satellite

• Q2 bloodiest quarter on record for U.S. pay-TV.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Linear pay TV lost 941k subscribers in Q2, worst quarter ever.  FierceCable
• must read  vMVPD profitability questioned from all sides.  FierceCable
• Hulu users emerge as SVOD community most likely to drop legacy pay-TV.  Rapid TV News
• Amazon is poised to nose its way into the pay-TV business.  Video Nuze

Consumer Electronics

• TV sets are starting to disappear from American homes.  recode

Digital Video/OTT

• vMVPD profitability questioned from all sides.  FierceCable
• OTT devices surpass desktop for top digital ad platform in Q1 2017.  Rapid TV News
• must read  FreeWheel: OTT devices are ascendant, but challenges remain.  Video Nuze  …and… Link to report.  FreeWheel
• Amazon is poised to nose its way into the pay-TV business.  Video Nuze

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• First impressions and HD Radio.  DickTaylorBlog

Social Media

• TV news – via Snapchat? Here are some ways broadcast news is trying to stay afloat.  Los Angeles Times

Strategy/Management

• The digital native is a myth.  Nature
• PBS chief details states of federal budget fight: “There isn’t a Plan B.”  Hollywood Reporter

Television

• must read  Millennials unearth an amazing hack to get free TV: the antenna.  Wall Street Journal

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, 13 May 2017

Another collection of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• must read  Sinclair + Tribune = transformative force.  Harry Jessell in TVNewsCheck
• must read  Sinclair Goals: U.S. reach, mobile users, 3.0.  TVNewsCheck
• ATSC 3.0 local simulcasting approach debated.  TVTechnology  …and…  Noncommercial TV to FCC: We don’t need ATSC 1.0/3.0 simulcast mandate.  Broadcasting & Cable
• Internet of Things is transforming industries you would never think of.  Greg Satell in Digital Tonto
• “ATSC 3.0 and The Future of Broadcasting.”  WideOrbit report [pdf] via TVB  [Note: Report based on small-response online survey of television traffic, engineering and operations execs; 101 responses of 1,583 surveyed.]
• Broadcasters spell out 3.0 recommendations.  TVNewsCheck

Broadband

• Internet to support Super Bowl sized audiences by 2022?  nScreenMedia

Cable/Pay-TV/MVPD/Cord-Cutting

• Pay-TV bleeds subs in worst quarter ever.  Rapid TV News
• must read  Broadcast TV’s role in skinny bundles bolstered by networks’ affiliate deals.  Video Nuze

Consumer Electronics

• Streaming-enabled TVs reach mainstream in U.S.  Rapid TV News
• More than half of cord-cutters cancel legacy service in the last two years.  Rapid TV News

Digital Video/OTT

• The new Hulu looks a lot like the future of TV.  Wall Street Journal [subscription required]
• SVOD dominant U.S. home entertainment medium.  nScreenMedia

Journalism

• The Facebook rescue that wasn’t.  Columbia Journalism Review
• Now profitable, Patch wants to be a platform for other local news outlets.  Digiday
• How media companies can pivot without losing their reason to exist.  The Media Briefing

Repack/Incentive Auction/Spectrum

• FCC outlines next repack steps for LPTVs and translators.  Broadcasting & Cable

Social Media

• One chart proves Facebook is mobile first.  Business Insider
• The Facebook rescue that wasn’t.  Columbia Journalism Review
• The rise and rise of social video advertising.  nScreenMedia

Strategy/Management/Business

• Standards and practices meet the reality of live streaming.  TVTechnology
• Pay attention to movies released on streaming platforms.  New Yorker

Television

• must read  Sinclair + Tribune = transformative force.  Harry Jessell in TVNewsCheck  …and…  Sinclair-Tribune deal is huge bet on future of broadcasting.  MediaPost
• Most Americans can get internet on their TV, but they’re still mostly watching plain old TV.  recode
• must read  A world awash in video – part 2.  Video Nuze [part 1 from 2007]
• Television is dead. Long live video.  The Media Briefing

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, May 6, 2017

Here’s another compilation of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• Five ‘Advanced TV’ takeaways from NAB 2017 convention.  Forbes

Cable/Pay-TV/MVPD/Cord-Cutting

• Pay-TV and VOD spending to hit $314B in 2017.  Rapid TV News
• Cord-cutting hits worst levels yet.  MediaPost
• Vicious cycle will torpedo Comcast’s video recovery.  nScreenMedia

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• Pay-TV and VOD spending to hit $314B in 2017.  Rapid TV News
• Hulu Live delivers good value, TV-like performance.  nScreenMedia
• Research: 85% of Netflix’s TV streams in Q1 2017 were licensed, non-original shows.  Video Nuze

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• This is how long your podcast should be.  Mark Ramsey in RAIN News

Spectrum/Incentive Auction/Repack

• must read  Incentive auction and repacking update.  Wiley Rein
• How obscure science led to spectrum auctions.  The Hill

Strategy/Management/Business

• must read  Accenture: traditional businesses struggling to respond to disruption.  Rapid TV News

Television

• Five ‘Advanced TV’ takeaways from NAB 2017 convention.  Forbes
• Reports of TV’s death have been greatly exaggerated.  MediaPost

Wireless/Broadband

• Get ready for all the wireless carriers to get worse.  BGR