The countdown to the
2018 NAB Show continues - we are now exactly two weeks away. As I mentioned last week, the deluge of press releases is continuing to swell. So, this week, I decided to share some of it with you.
My lead article is a
montage of press releases that came in last week related to new products at NAB. Companies issue press releases early in hopes of getting heard before all the shouting at the show starts.
This montage makes for very interesting reading. It's a reality check that helps illustrate just how
varied are the industries that supply products to media. From hardware to software to services - the range of companies is pretty amazing. So, what I did was copy the first paragraph and a link for each release and put them into a webpage that's easy to scroll through. But, this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are about 45 companies represented here - but NAB has
more than 1,800 exhibitors. Whew..!
Thinking of industry news reminds me that we have big plans this spring for our sister website,
DoddleNEWS.com. We'll be announcing one of the biggest at NAB in a couple of weeks - I'd, um, tell you now, but we are still working on it. Anyway,
James DeRuvo, who's the editor-in-chief over there, is running a
Reader's Survey that he's using to help determine the editorial direction of the website. It's only ten questions, and I'd be grateful if you spare a few minutes to answer the questions. It will make a big difference as James builds out the website and his team.
Here's the link.
When it comes to NAB this year, the
Digital Production Buzz will be covering all the major announcements at the show by presenting
27 live 45-minute podcasts showcasing interviews with all the key leaders in our industry. As we get closer, I'll give you a behind-the-scenes tour of how we're putting this together. For today, though,
this is a list of all our shows and currently-booked guests. The website is:
NABShowBuzz.com.
(By the way, before I forget,
last week's Buzz looked at the state of the media industry. All our guests had interesting things to say, but I need to point out two in specific:
Mark Harrison, Managing Director of DPP, on why hardware trends fail and
Douglas Sheer, founder D.I.S. Consulting, on business headwinds facing free-lancers and other media pros. Both of these interviews are relevant and thought-provoking. Please listen!)
In the summer of 2013,
Dom Bourne, the founder of
Take1.TV, made me an offer we couldn't refuse: They would provide professionally edited transcripts for each weekly edition of the
DigitalProductionBuzz.com. After my research showed just how professional Take1 actually was, we started posting their written transcripts on The Buzz starting
September 5, 2013. (
Here's the first transcript, if you want to see a slice of history.)
This Thursday marks the end of this five-year relationship. The parting is very amicable and I wish Dom and his team the best. If you are looking for high-quality transcripts for your dailies or projects, I can't recommend
Take1.tv highly enough.
Thanks, Take1, for five years of great work!
A reminder, this week, our webinar looks at
video compression using
Apple Compressor. Last week's webinar on "
The Basics of Editing With Apple Final Cut Pro X," was one of our best attended events this year and is now available in our store and
Video Training Library. As always, registration in our live, weekly webinars is free.
Register here.
That's about it for this week - I have two new videos and several articles for you in the Articles section below. Time to get back to reading press releases and resting up for NAB. Remember to
sign up for this week's webinar, join me on
The Buzz and we'll chat again next week. In the meantime,
edit well.
