Solutions That Work – TV
I know.. gimme a second… This morning I was at TV Limburg in Roermond, Holland. Yeah, I know. Where? Roermond, Holland. You probably have never heard of it, but you should. Because in Roermond a fascinating exercise in the...
Read moreBroadband Olympics?
Genius The Olympics are one of those things that only TV networks can do… or is it? In a world of broadband, as opposed to broadcasting, how might the Olympics be ‘broadcast’? The way NBC is doing it this...
Read moreThe News From China
Time to start the coverage….. The summer deluge of coverage of the Beijing Olympics is scheduled to start soon, and the networks are poised to spend tens of millions, if not more, on getting the China story into our...
Read moreExtra: Newspaper VJ Kills Local TV News Crew
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96fEcJ1sPlE&hl=en]} The video above was the first news story ever shot by newbie Newark Star Ledger VJ Andre Malok. Malok had just complete his one-week bootcamp. He had never touched a video camera or an edit system before. Now,...
Read moreNBC Green is Universal is Crap
While NBC preaches Green and urges you to cut back, they burn the midnight oil. I have just finished reading James Lovelock’s The Revenge of Gaia. Lovelock is the British scientist who formulated the Gaia Theory almost 40 years...
Read moreNBC Network News Goes VJ
[youtube=[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4F-gYjYU5Y&rel=1]] I am, of course, sorry they did not go with us, but as NBC starts running these ads, it would seem the ‘theoretical’ part of our conversation is now officially over.
Read moreDetroit Homicide
USING VJ SKILLS TO PILOT NEW SHOWS NBC’s Jeff Zucker just made the (to my mind) unusual announcement that henceforth NBC would not longer engage in piloting. This strikes me as a bit strange. I guess when you spend...
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