What The Travel Channel Could Be… but isn’t
A novel look at life inside China today….. The Travel Channel, which has been in decline since Scripps took it over a few years ago has now reached what I hope is the ‘bottom of the barrel’, but one...
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That’s gratitude for you… There is an old expression that says ‘never bite the hand that feeds you’. There is also an old expression that says, ‘when your friend is drowing, throw them a life preserver’. I am torn...
Read moreWhy Is Travel TV (and video) So Bad? (when it could be so good?)
Grenada by Bob Krist Today we are wrapping up the USA TODAY Trave Video Academy USA TODAY is going to start building an online/mobile/tablet presence and a great deal of that is going to be video In this case, video about...
Read moreTaxi Gourmet TV
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Eg6d4Of3Y&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Layne Mosler – taxi driver, TV star… Layne Mosler drives a NY City taxi. She also has a good eye for where to eat. And she has a video camera. This is a good combination. Mosler understands that...
Read moreUSA Today Outsources Content to Demand Media
The future has to start somewhere…. OK So here’s the situation: You have newspapers, magazines and TV stations that need more and more content as the web and iPhones continue to consume stuff all the time. At the same...
Read moreHow To Make Better Home Videos
Trying to figure something out… For the past week we have been running TCA at Sea, in partnership with Crystal Cruises. As I write this we’re off the coast of Mozambique, headed north to Zanzibar, our next port of...
Read moreResults from TCA 145
I am in Boston today, but I wanted to post a few of the videos that came out of Travel Channel Academy 145 last week. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVsdRX97Kvg[/youtube] Jalanda came into the class never having touched a camera or an edit....
Read moreTravel Channel Academy NY
Today we start day 3 of the Travel Channel Academy in NY!
Read moreRaising The Bar
This is a camera…. This morning we are kicking off a New York Travel Channel Academy. This is, in fact, academy number 145. And the demand is as strong as ever – stronger in fact, than when we started...
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