Zimbabwe Beats Out NBC On Olympics Coverage
OK I am sitting in my apartment in New York and it is 6PM in NY and 11PM in London. The, so I am told, spectacular Olympics opening Ceremonies, directed by Danny Boyle are over. They were, so I...
Read moreWhy Oprah Failed In India
“Self Help is not a substitute for content” TV ‘personality’ Oprah Winfrey was in India last January and produced a multi-part series for her foundering cable channel. I have no idea what the budget for this thing ran, but...
Read moreWe Launch A New Network
Felipe Leite in the Canadian Rockies We have been silent for the past two weeks because we have been working on a very big project that will impact on everyone who makes video. Now, we are ready to go...
Read moreMind-Blowing comScores for Online Video
NY Times Mark Bittman makes video for the paper We’ve always said that the web mandates video. This was based on the pure logic that we see the web on screens and screens carry video, and well, people like...
Read moreHow iPhones Will Change Television News – if we’re lucky
This is Walter Kigali. He is with the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees. He was part of the training we just completed in Nairobi. Like all the other UN people we trained, he works in some of the...
Read moreEmpowering the United Nations To Report On Their Own
Yesterday, CNN suffered a journalistic disaster It reported that the Supreme Court had thrown out ObamaCare. Wrong! The ‘reporter’ who did this was Kate Bolduan The 2005 graduate of George Washington University who previously worked for a local TV...
Read moreAt Video Bootcamp in Nairobi with the UN
We are here in Nairobi with the United Nations training them to shoot and cut and upload their own video using an iPhone. The UN people here work with UNHCR, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and they...
Read moreSONY NX 30
We’re always on the look-out for new gear. Here’s the SONY NX30. It’s a hand-held size palmcorder with two very interesting features: 1. incredible lens stabilization 2. built-in projector (!) which I like a lot Here are the details...
Read moreIs Facebook the next Irish Real Estate Bubble? Is Ireland a better bet?
Ah Ireland. The Celtic Tiger Now the Celtic basket case – along wth Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Iceland.. you name it… Borrow vast sums of money to build houses. Â How could this go wrong? Real estate prices always go...
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