http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:47:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [Originally posted April 26, 2006] Yesterday I blogged that my eyes had seen the glory of the coming of 4K (hum that to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, you won’t get it out of your head) at Filmlight’s demonstration of 4K color grading of 4K Dalsa Origin clips over a ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/07/15/leitner%e2%80%99s-mondo-nab-%e2%80%9806-wednesday/ One of Quantel's brand new Neo for Pablo color control panels - as launched at NAB, and one of the very few examples in existence so far, was stolen from Quantel's Burbank office last night. Here's Roger Thornton's rather eloquent account of the situation and his request that we all keep ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/04/29/an-industry-appeal/ I call Thursday NAB’s “rump” day, a short, casual afternoon of thin crowds, when tired booth personnel slip away to visit competitors and otherwise view the show floor for themselves. It’s my favorite day. For instance, I swung by RED’s tent and found no lines. I stepped immediately inside and like ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/04/29/leitner%e2%80%99s-mondo-2008-nab-%e2%80%93-thursday/ Every year at the NAB Show, our Pick Hit judges look for products that show significant technological innovation, while promising to have a positive, practical impact on the day-to-day professional lives of digital content producers. Following, in no particular order, are this year's winners. Thank you to each of our ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/04/28/featured-news-from-the-briefing-room-digital-content-producer-announces-the-2008-pick-hit-award-winners/ Serendipity on the show floor makes for impromptu sessions. Tuesday I ran into cinematographer Bill Bennett in front of the Sony F35 parked on a dolly in front of Brand Pro’s booth. Not much to say about the F35--35 means its newly developed single CCD is the size of a ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/04/24/leitner%e2%80%99s-mondo-2008-nab-%e2%80%93-wednesday/ Monday’s dharma at NAB was about bigness and smallness, and I’m still thinking about it. Yesterday Tim Robbins gave the keynote speech. Ever since FCC Chairman Newton Minow gave his famous “vast wasteland” speech at NAB in 1961, it seems NAB has played it safe. Past keynotes I’ve attended have featured ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/04/24/leitner%e2%80%99s-mondo-2008-nab-%e2%80%93-tuesday/ Back from the show. I like taking a day or so after my last postings to look through everything I've collected, selecting some last items to include in a final wrapup. While that's not a lot of time for deep reflection, I am at least far enough away from ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/04/18/my-last-posting-of-nab-2008/ Media Excel was the last company that I saw at NAB, but last was certainly not least in this instance. The company’s real time encoders for mobile, web and IP TV, recently anointed by MTV and MobiTV, looked very, very impressive. The company targets broadcasters and other very high volume ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/04/18/fast-cheap-and-high-quality-real-time-h264-encoding/ As streaming becomes more technologically advanced and complicated, it’s easy to forget that the most basic streaming video-related need for many organizations is to synchronize a video of a speaker with his or her PowerPoint slides. Though Accordent does many more things than this, they offer two of the best ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/04/18/accordent-the-powerpoint-and-video-folks/ Video over cell phones is one of the hottest topics facing video producers, but most organizations lack the technical expertise and/or capital to make it happen. If you’d like to dip your toe in the water, check out the Mobile Video Managed Service from Vidiator. Operationally, you upload your videos ... http://blog.digitalcontentproducer.com/nab/2008/04/18/getting-your-video-to-cell-phones/