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A series of highlights on what’s happening in the media industry two days before the start of the 2014 NAB Show.

I love live production, always have. It’s how I got started in this industry. There’s nothing like saying “Fade Up” with millions of people watching to truly focus your attention. My love of live production is one of the two …

In cleaning out my In-box as I dig out from the NAB Show, here are a small flock of completely unrelated thoughts; some from NAB, some not. – – – The week before the 2013 NAB Show, I had an …

Any NAB Show is too massive to be summarized in a single blog post. This show represents the current state of a multi-billion dollar industry composed of thousands of wildly different companies. I enjoy walking the halls just to learn about …

PART 1 of 3 – PLANNING For the sixth year in a row, our podcast – DigitalProductionBuzz.com – is the official podcast of the NAB Show. During the event, which starts Monday, April 8, we will be broadcasting live shows, …

The Digital Production Buzz is getting ready to cover the 2012 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Here’s an overview of what we are doing and the gear we are using for our coverage.

The Digital Production Buzz wrapped up its 2010 NAB Show coverage over the weekend. During the show, our team of almost 30 staff and volunteers interviewed more than 250 people, created 36 seven-minutes News Briefs, and more than nine hours …

During the Digital Production BuZZ coverage of the 2009 NAB Show, we conducted more than 200 interviews and created 37 NAB News Briefs. Here is a list of companies and guests, and the News Brief they appeared in. (Due to …

Just in case you were interested, and because I find this stuff fascinating, I thought I’d share a few numbers with you from our recent work with the Digital Production BuZZ at the 2009 NAB Show. Our NAB News Brief …

As the Official Podcast of the 2009 NAB Show, the Digital Production BuZZ produced 37 live news casts, and 12 hours of live programming and interviews. These were syndicated to more than 25 websites and reached tens of thousands of …

At 9:00 AM this morning, the 2009 NAB Show opened the doors to its trade show, the crowds rushed in, and the Digital Production BuZZ went to work. After two days tuning our systems, we were in full operation today …

Today we discovered just how big a show the 2009 NAB Show really is… Yup – it’s huge. We had reporters covering as much as we could and we still felt that we could have used another 40-50 people. Still, …

Well, even though it looked like I was a few cables short of a complete production studio yesterday, I managed to get everything connected. And the booth looks great — even though the rest of the show floor is covered …

The 2009 NAB Show asked the Digital Production BuZZ to be the Official Podcast of the 2009 NAB Show.  And, after a LONG night of driving, we arrived! Led by producer Cirina Catania, we’ve brought a staff of 15 to …

Mike Horton asked me to remind you to attend the Final Cut Pro User Group SuperMeet if you are attending the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Personally, I’m looking forward to showing the world-premiere of a brand-new musical plug-in …

According to Variety magazine, the National Assn. of Broadcasters has teamed with the filmmaking org 48 Hour Film Project to host a movie-making competition at the upcoming NAB confab in Las Vegas. The Washington, D.C.-based 48 Hour Film Project hosts …