I’ve been vacationing for three of the last four weeks, but tweeting continued, albeit at a slower pace. These are selected links from my @haarsager Twitter feed since August 15th. --Dennis
Cable/MVPD/Pay-TV
Rising 4K STB market set to aid pay-TV operators. RapidTVNews
Digital Media
BBC to launch OTT service in U.S. Rapid TV News
Cord cutting grows, but not big threat to networks. MediaPost
Mobile video ad spend accelerating at pace. Rapid TV News
Cloud TV: Four implementation lessons leaerned. nScreenMedia
Netflix’s anti-downloading stance is perplexing and frustrating. Video Nuze
Pay TV loss is SVOD gain. nScreenMedia
Big shift in viewer preference from linear TV to on-demand. nScreenMedia
TV Everywhere slows, online video ads rise. MediaPost
Smart TV strikes out for ad-supported video. nScreenMedia
Connected TV homes show continued growth. MediaPost
Amazon Prime launches HDR Ultra HD content. Rapid TV News
Hidden behind the media headlines: four alternative views of the news. nScreenMedia
must read New devices and platforms flourish but TV consumption stays the same. Rapid TV News
must read OTT availability threatens free, live TV as consumers’ favorite choice. Rapid TV News
Journalism
As giant platforms rise, local news is getting crushed. Nieman Lab
Newspapers, embrace digital or resist. Michael Wolff in USA Today
Management/Strategy
Ad economy continues to recede. MediaPost
must read You’re leaving underwriting money on the table. Radio World
No, we shouldn’t privatize PBS. Bill Baker and Evan Leatherwood in The Nation
Political ads keep saving local TV. Bloomberg
KCETLink and the Los Angeles Times launch events series. Current
must read What is next for the BBC? Financial Times
Univision faces shifting TV habits. New York Times
must read Soul-searching in TV land over the challenges of a new golden age. New York Times
Can you tell me how we got here, from Sesame Street? Huffington Post and The gentrification of “Sesame Street:” cashing out, once and for all, from the radical notion that the urban working class are people, too. Salon
Radio
And radio’s secret power is… Mark Ramsey Media
Radio’s evolving and important role in music discovery. Jacobs Media Blog
Voices in our heads: the future of radio. Jack Shapiro (video) Vimeo
AM/FM reaches more than U.S. streaming audio services. Advanced Television
Spectrum/ATSC 3.0
Broadcast-broadband system a path to 4K. TVNewsCheck
NAB asks for clarity on post-auction repacking. TVNewsCheck
NAB seeks reconsideration of incentive auction Order. NAB press release
FCC’s Wheeler “supremely confident” incentive auction will take place in March. FierceWireless
Auction bill for federal spectrum teed up. Multichannel News
More spectrum is available than people thing. FierceWireless
must read The internet of things, demystified. Media Life Magazine
Channel sharing: combining transport streams. TVTechnology and Channel-shairing: multiple stations on one channel. TVTechnology
FCC faces monumental test. The Hill
must read Next steps on the road to the incentive auction. FCC official blog and FCC unfolds incentive auction roadmap. Broadcasting & Cable
As auction nears, channel sharing interest grows. TVNewsCheck
FCC, Canada agree on spectrum plan ahead of auction. Wireless Week and Stations get auction boost from border coordination. Broadcasting & Cable and FCC, Canada coordinate auction repack. TVTechnology
All about ATSC 3.0, part 1. TVTechnology
Television
Fox expands Nat Geo Investment. MediaPost
What’s hot with kids: time-shifting TV. Media Life Magazine
TV is the new TV; I’ll second that. Harry Jessell in TVNewsCheck