Well, We're Off!
Nikki, Daniel and myself are officially thirty-thousand feet up in the air, and on our way to “Sin City" - Las Vegas, Nevada, for the 2015 NAB Show! Thank God this plane has WiFi! Read those first two sentences again...yes, I'm sending this post to our entire e-mail list from a plane! I LOVE TECHNOLOGY! As usual, my level of excitement won’t let me settle-down, so I’ve started blogging while on the plane! (I think I can call this a habit, now!!!)
…Actually, my head’s already in the Cloud! The Cloud has really gained momentum, getting stronger as each year passes! Follow my escapades on Twitter (@broadcastbeat) and also #NABShow and @ryansalazar!
Check-out the Digital Edition of Broadcast Beat Magazine – with 160 pages of NAB Show! The newest issue has JUST been published and everyone's raving about it! – http://magazine.broadcastbeat.com/
By now, everyone has downloaded the new Broadcast Beat Magazine app on their iPhone and Android phones! If not, search your respective app centers for "Broadcast Beat Magazine" and of course the Official NAB Show App! Speaking of that - Search for our booth! YES, Broadcast Beat has a booth! #SL15217. Stop by, say hello and maybe take a few social media pics with us! :)
So, here’s a little bit of what I will be looking forward to at the 2015 NAB Show:
Janet Anne West will be winging-in all the way from Paris, France on Friday to join us at the NAB Show! Janet has over twenty five years in the television and film industry, recent experience includes the BBC and raising the sustainability profile with regard to broadcasting technology and connected digital media.In addition, Janet is a recognized expert on HDTV – with clients such as: YLE, Network Seven (Aus), Sky, Metro Broadcast, Sony and Reed Midem at MIPCOM and MIPTV, she is also an airline rated pilot and D-Cinema consultant.
Janet is a university lecturer on Technology, Environment and Society and Values and Ethics with respect to sustainable development, and is often asked to speak on sustainability of broadcast and connected digital media. She hosted four one-hour live shows at IBC in Amsterdam in September of last year, looking at developing broadcasting technologies and also addressing their environmental impact.
She’ll be back with us again, but this time with her own film crew, going from booth to booth and chatting with the most fascinating of the products and people NAB has to offer! In fact, Broadcast Beat has FOUR FILM CREWS! Twenty-six people are working with us at the show and we even have a staff of video editors cranking out social media videos from our booth!
Don’t miss Janet West broadcasting LIVE from the Teradek Booth (C6025) Monday – Wednesday from 5:00pm-5:30pm at this link: http://nabliveshow.com
Want to see what we see – as we’re seeing it? Then, you have to try viewing it on either https://instagram.com/broadcastbeatmagazine or check-out the live blogging at www.broadcastbeat.com!
HOLD UP! Teri Rivas, our Sales Manager, is trying to take TWO carry-ons onto this plane! NO, Teri! You can ONLY take one!!! You'll take another airline, then??? Good luck with THAT - We're already in the air!!!
Award-winning directors, show runners, creative crew, and studio and network production executives team-up for a presentation of their impressions on the crafting of content in the Creative Master Series Conference. Produced in partnership with the American Cinema Editors Association (ACE), the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), and the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG), this discussion centers on how to tell a story on all of the different screens available today, from theaters to smartphones. Subjects concerning advances in animation, augmented reality, cinematography in post-production, live event production and award-winning special effects are deliberated by the likes of cinematographers, film and VFX editors, and even content creators/owners - the profession by professionals. Check it out HERE.
SPROCKIT gives the stage to each of its client startups in turn, allowing presentation and demonstration of its ideas and wares in both a public setting and a stage show. Seeking-out the newest of the new and innovative companies that might otherwise have to burn time and resources just to get attention, SPROCKIT brings their cutting-edge ideas and tech into the premier media industry trade show, NAB, helping free-up these companies’ resources to focus on what they do best - innovate and create. SPROCKIT showcases up to 30 market-ready companies at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 11-16, 2015. At the event, the different startups are given a five-minute slot to showcase their company and product. After the show, there is a potential investor Q & A session. Head to the North Hall Booth #N2530… or, for more info, CLICK HERE.
DO NOT OVERLOOK THE CONFERENCES!!! There is SO MUCH discussed within them and so many sudden (and last minute) guest appearances it is UNREAL! Executives from many different studios from the industry share secret after secret and so many things are bandied about, there is just too much to name! So much to see, so much to hear… Check-out everything available by CLICKING HERE… Access to all Sessions in the Conferences is available for NAB Show Attendees with either a Conference Flex Pass or SMART Pass – or be selective with one of the other available passes - Visit Registration Packages to learn more. See you there!
I am SO excited – it’s our BIGGEST Show YET!!! Four film crews on the floor – INSANE!
I've got to go – the flight attendants have asked for “Airplane Mode” – whatever THAT is! Don't forget to tune-in starting on Monday April 12th!
…and Awaaaay I go! SEE YOU IN VEGAS!!!
