USA TODAY @ TCA
Picture this… Yes, at long last Travel Channel Academy is about to get the recognition that we so richly deserve! The lovely people from USA TODAY are here doing a feature on us. Travel Channel President and GM Pat...
Read moreYoutube – With A Focus
Getting the 411… People now upload an astonishing 13 hours of video to Youtube evey minute. Every minute. This is an astonishing number. For an established production company, an order of 13 one-hour shows is a season of work....
Read moreTCA Colorado – The Results
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_UG0nHFoPs&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY5Eee3i_3g&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0PLjMOra8&feature=channel_page[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KHuziPa69w&feature=channel_page[/youtube] These videos, and many others, were all shot, written, tracked, edited and produced by students at the Colorado Travel Channel Academy.
Read moreVisit From A Reader
Come on by! Blogging and communicating on the web creates a new kind of relationship. You can get to know someone fairly well and yet never meet them. Sometimes, these relationships can go on for years. Announcing that we...
Read moreNot Your Usual Bootcamp
We’re going into our third day at the Travel Channel Academy bootcamp here in Vail, Colorado. We’ve made a partnership with Keystone Ski Resorts and we’re running a ski/shoot vacation for outdoor filmmakers. The conditions have been great. Temps...
Read moreThe ‘Other’ Academy…
Resistance is futile… We like to think that we are on the cutting edge of the video revolution. We are at a moment where, for the very first time, anyone can get access to the tools, and indeed the...
Read moreSki & Shoot
Could you go back and do that again? I didn’t learn to ski until I was 40. My ex was a Canadian, and started skiing at the age of 3. Her parents had a ski house in Sugarbush, Vermont....
Read moreTravel Channel Academy Results
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YttQxQfYYaY[/youtube] Jeff Day had never touched a video camera or an edit system before he walked into the Travel Channel Academy course in DC on Thursday. We put him through our extremely rigorous 4-day video bootcamp. We emphasize excellence....
Read moreTravel Channel Academy – DC
Yesterday we wrapped up the bootcamp for the staff of The Travel Channel and this morning we are starting another Travel Channel Academy here in DC at Travel Media HQ. As the economy comes under increasing pressure, ironically, the demand...
Read moreA New Industrial Revolution
Yesterday, Pat Younge, President and GM of The Travel Channel addressed the group here in DC. The group is made up of 40 of his employees, so they paid attention.
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