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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 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. 7, 2017

The following links of interest were posted to my @haarsager Twitter feed in the past week.  Slim pickings this time.  I’ll be in Scotland until near the end of the month.  While I’ll keep posting to Twitter, internet is pretty basic there so I’ll probably not be able to post this summary again until I return.  You can visit http://www.twitter.com/haarsager to keep up.  --Dennis

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

Despite hiccups, live streaming moving to the next level.  nScreenMedia

OTT TV and film revenues to reach $83B over the next five years.  Rapid TV News

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

Study sees potential for radio success among Amazon Echo owners.  Radio & Internet News

Strategy/Management/Legal

Two more paperwork burdens proposed for relaxation by FCC.  Broadcast Law Blog

Television

KCETLink outsources its broadcast origination to a new organization called The Switch.  KCET news release

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 readings for #pubmedia

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

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• must see  Opera TV and BBC HbbTV 2.0.1 live demonstration [video].  Vimeo
• must read  3.0 offers intriguing 4K delivery possibilities.  TVNewsCheck
• Association of smaller cable operators alleges broadcaster hypocrisy on ATSC 3.0.  TVTechnology
• Interview with Pat Butler: Next Cen TV enhances public television’s mission.  ATSC

Broadband/Wireless

• Microsoft’s misguided broadband plan endangers Americans.  The Hill  …and…  Rural groups challenge Microsoft’s spectrum push.
• Repealing net neutrality is easy.  Replacing it will be hard.  Wired
• DirecTV Now is quickly becoming pivotal to AT& T’s wireless business.  Video Nuze
• Verizon urges FCC to confirm states’ right to opt out of FirstNet.  FierceWireless

Digital Video/OTT/vMVPD/VOD

• OTT: The challenges of infrastructure.  TVTechnology
• DirecTV Now is quickly becoming pivotal to AT& T’s wireless business.  Video Nuze
• Analyst: vMVPDs are ‘shaping up to be a truly lousy business.  FierceCable
• vMVPD affiliate deals easier to execute, no less costly.  nScreenMedia

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• Radio executives, take heart – you could be working in TV.  Jacobs Media Strategies
• House bill would give radio stations some repack relief.  RadioWorld
• must read  SVOD adoption up to 64% of homes, with 29% streaming daily.  Video Nuze

Repack/Incentive Auction/Spectrum

• Senate bill would fully fund repack costs.  TVNewsCheck  …and…  House bill would give radio stations some repack relief.  RadioWorld
• Microsoft’s misguided broadband plan endangers Americans.  The Hill  …and…  Rural groups challenge Microsoft’s spectrum push.
• No magic formula for channel sharing amounts.  TVNewsCheck

Strategy/Management

• CPB convenes public TV leaders to help system innovate.  Current
• Verizon urges FCC to confirm states’ right to opt out of FirstNet.  FierceWireless

Television

• must read  Antenna TV plus broadband sweet spot for consumers.  nScreenMedia
• C3 viewership decline steepens; down double digits in Q2.  MediaPost

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, July 15, 2017

Here is another collection of selected links from my @haarsager  Twitter feed posted in the past week.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• 21st century broadcasting, part 2 – the consumer [video interview].  nScreenMedia  …and…  here is part 1 posted last week  …and…  Keynote with NAB CTO Sam Matheny [video].  ITVT
• Could advanced TV be a $100B business?  MediaPost
• In the race for local ad dollars, are big tech plans enough?  MediaPost

Digital Video/OTT

• Roku is leading Amazon, Google and Apple in the media streamer race.  Business Insider
• must read  How to launch an OTT app.  MediaPost
• Pay-TV, streaming preferences almost even.  Rapid TV News
• must read  Connected TV just a normal part of the U.S. home.  nScreenMedia
• Nearly 3/5ths of U.S. broadband households take Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Netflix is in half of all U.S. broadband households.  FierceCable

Repack/Spectrum/Incentive Auction

• Broadcasters turn in $2.1B for reimbursement.  TVTechnology  …and…  Stations’ repack expenses to hit $2B.  TVNewsCheck
• Top 15 markets by incentive auction take.  TVTechnology
• FCC needs to implement ‘rocket docket’ for wireless spectrum, and fast.  The Hill
• must read  If at first you don’t succeed, you’re Microsoft pushing its magical white space broadband.  The Register   …and…  LPTV/translator organization: Microsoft’s white space plan would destroy community TV.  Broadcasting & Cable  …and…  To close digital divide, Microsoft to harness unused television channels.  New York Times
• Shared spectrum: Path to wireless expansion.  Multichannel News
• As the digital divide grows, an untapped solution languishes [EBS, née ITFS].  Wired

Television

• The future of TV metrics.  TVTechnology

Weekend readings for #pubmedia, July 1, 2017

If hot dogs and fireworks aren’t enough for you this long weekend, here are some selected links of interest from my @haarsager Twitter feed this past week.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• Opinion: Latest U.S. broadcast standard will founder on mobile industry indifference.  Peter White in TVTechnology
• 25 ATSC 3.0 Things (in rap lyrics).  Deborah McAdams in TVTechnology
• ATSC 3.0 standards: Are we done yet?  TVTechnology

Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV/Cord-Cutting

• must read  Skinny bundles to herald new age of pay-TV as a third of U.S. consumers willing to stream services.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Cheap digital TV packages are cannibals – and could push traditional TV to its worst subscriber losses on record.  Business Insider   …and…  Online TV continues to usurp pay TV value proposition.  nScreenMedia
• Is cord cutting accelerating in 2Q?  CableFax

Digital Video/OTT/VOD

• U.S. VOD subscribers are far from homogenous, say researchers.  Rapid TV News
• Virtual MVPDs help boost TV business.  MediaPost
• must read  By 2021, one-third of TV homes will carry nontraditional services.  MediaPost  …and…  Kagan sees pay-TV subs dropping to 82M by 2021.  Broadcasting & Cable …and…  U.S. multichannel services cede ground to OTT content from virtual service providers.  Rapid TV News  …and…  Multichannel subs seen falling through 2021.  TVNewsCheck
• Glossary: Get to know the new language of over-the-top television.  Digiday
• Hulu: No longer third in a two-horse race.  Rapid TV News

Journalism

The News Quality Scoring Project: Surfacing great journalism from the web.  Frederic Filloux in Monday Note

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

NPR is reinventing itself. Here’s how it could change for the better.  Poynter  …and…  Accross the U.S., NPR is reorganizing its member stations around regional hubs.  Poynter

Advice to radio CEOs: Be quick but don’t hurry.  Jacobs Media Strategies

Repack/Spectrum/Incentive Auction

• T-Mobile to foot repack cost for displaced public TV translators.  TVTechnology

Strategy/Management/Business

• When disaster strikes, public broadcasting delivers.  John McCoskey in TVTechnology

This week’s readings for #pubmedia, June 19, 2017

Here is this week’s collection of selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed.  It’s a little thin because I’ve been a bit distracted this past week, but don’t think I missed much.  --Dennis

ATSC 3.0/HbbTV

• must read  4K for broadcast: Is it worth the expense?  TVTechnology
• Apple’s blessing crowns HEVC king of video compression.  FierceCable
• ATSC 3.0: Cable uses reply comments to urge caution on broadcast standard.  CableFax
• Public TV to FCC: MVPD ATSC 3.0 approach doesn’t fly.  Broadcasting & Cable

Consumer Electronics

• Alexa TV voice control over-promises, under-delivers.  nScreenMedia

Digital Video/OTT

• 2-in-5 seniors own a smartphone.  Time for 65+ video app?  nScreenMedia
• Most OTT subscribers would pay more to keep service.  Rapid TV News
• Broadcast TV, vMVPDs and addressable TV…a cauldron of disruption.  Rapid TV News
• Cord-cutters consuming 60% more OTT content than other viewers.  Rapid TV News

Radio/Podcasting/Digital Audio

• Radio: A century head start.  Jacobs Media Strategies

Repack/Spectrum

• FCC creates LPTV, translator window.  TVNewsCheck

Television

• must read  4K for broadcast: Is it worth the expense?  TVTechnology
• Linear TV, digital video ad models come closer as premium video unification advances.  Rapid TV News
• Battle over local TV ratings gets interesting.  TVNewsCheck