Posts for 'NAB Show'

  • VideoNuze Report Podcast #95 - Apr. 15, 2011

    I'm pleased to present the 95th edition of the VideoNuze Report podcast, for April 15, 2011.

    In this week's podcast, Daisy Whitney and I chat informally about our observations from this week's Ad:Tech conference (where Daisy was) and the NAB Show (where I was). We discuss key sessions and speakers we attended, takeaways, news highlights and more.

    (Apologies for the choppy edit job toward the end, I'm still mastering Garage Band!)

    Click here to listen to the podcast (11 minutes, 25 seconds)


    Click here for previous podcasts

    The VideoNuze Report is available in iTunes...subscribe today!
     
  • Last Chance for Free NAB Show Pass

    Last chance to grab a free exhibits pass for the NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 11-13. There will be a lot of high-value learning and networking around online and mobile video. I'll be involved in activities on both Monday and Tuesday.

    On Monday morning I'll be moderating a Super Session at 10:30am, "Connected TV: Smart Devices, New Strategies," which will feature Richard Buchanan (VP/GM, Content Operations, Comcast Media Center), Wilfred Martis (GM, Retail CE Products, Digital Home, Intel Corp), Susan Panico (Senior Director, PlayStation Network, Sony Computer Entertainment America), Jack Perry (Founder and CEO, Syncbak) and Paul Wehrley (co-founder and COO, Clicker). Connected TVs and devices are red-hot, and we will discuss their implications on the traditional TV ecosystem, how consumers are using them and what's ahead.

    continue reading

     
  • Upcoming NAB Show Offers Lots of Great Online Video Learning

    If you haven't signed up to attend this year's NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 11-13, I encourage you to do so. There will be a lot of high-value learning and networking around online and mobile video. And NAB Show has graciously offered a FREE exhibits pass (a $150 savings). I'll be involved in activities on both Monday and Tuesday.

    On Monday morning I'll be moderating a Super Session at 10:30am, "Connected TV: Smart Devices, New Strategies," which will feature Richard Buchanan (VP/GM, Content Operations, Comcast Media Center), Wilfred Martis (GM, Retail CE Products, Digital Home, Intel Corp), Susan Panico (Senior Director, PlayStation Network, Sony Computer Entertainment America), Jack Perry (Founder and CEO, Syncbak) and Paul Wehrley (co-founder and COO, Clicker). Connected TVs and devices are red-hot, and we will discuss their implications on the traditional TV ecosystem, how consumers are using them and what's ahead.

    continue reading

     
  • Join Me At The NAB Show For Great Online Video Sessions

    Please mark your calendars to join me at this year's NAB Show in Las Vegas, April 11-13, where there will be tons of great education and networking around online and mobile video.

    On Monday morning I'll be moderating a Super Session at 10:30am, "Connected TV: Smart Devices, New Strategies," which will feature Richard Buchanan (VP/GM, Content Operations, Comcast Media Center), Peter Dille (SVP, Marketing, Sony Computer Entertainment America), Jim Lanzone (CEO, Clicker), Wilfred Martis (GM, Retail CE Products, Digital Home, Intel Corp) and Jack Perry (Founder and CEO, Syncbak). We will explore all angles of the connected TV wave: what content/apps are popular, how they're impacting the market, what's ahead for adoption, and more.

    Then on Tuesday, I'm hosting a full day of back-to-back sessions in the "Broadband Pit," a special area of the show floor devoted to broadband and mobile education and networking. Executives from the following companies will present on these topics, followed by audience Q&A:

    FreeWheel - "Best Practices in Profiting from Professional Content"

    Digitalsmiths - "Connecting Consumers to Content Through Video Metadata"

    Microsoft - "An Overview of Microsoft's Media Technologies"

    Signiant - "Protecting Media Assets in the Digital Age"

    Akamai - "Content, Consumers, Complexity and the Cloud"

    ActiveVideo Networks - "iVOD: Using Intelligence in the Cloud to Drive Next-Generation, On-Demand Navigation"

    Taboola - "Too Much Information = No Information At All. Video Discovery."

    Encoding.com - "Vid.ly - The Universal Video URL Platform. One Video, All Formats."

    Combined, the companies will offer a 360-degree perspective on many of the key issues in the online video ecosystem today. It promises to be an exciting day of learning. Of course, beyond the activities I'm involved in, there are many other sessions, exhibits, panels and networking.

    Click here for a FREE exhibit pass ($150 savings) which will allow access to the Broadband Pit session. To attend the Super Session (and other sessions), check out other NAB Show package prices.

    Feel free to email me if you have any questions (wrichmondATvideonuze.com)
     
  • VideoNuze Report Podcast #57 - April 16, 2010

    Daisy Whitney and I are pleased to present the 57th edition of the VideoNuze Report podcast, for April 16, 2010.

    Daisy and I are back from the NAB Show in Las Vegas and this week we share 2-3 key takeaways. For her part Daisy was impressed by the energy and mood at the show which was significantly brighter than last year. Daisy heard from a number of people contemplating new ventures, a big departure from last year when most people were hunkered down. Daisy shared further insights about specific companies she interviewed.

    Then I talk a little more about my reactions to the Level 3 - Silverlight 3D streaming demo I saw in Microsoft's booth, which I wrote about on Tuesday, and also the new local TV station JV for mobile DTV that was unveiled at the show and which I wrote about yesterday.

    Click here to listen to the podcast (14 minutes, 0 seconds)


    Click here for previous podcasts

    The VideoNuze Report is available in iTunes...subscribe today!
     
  • NAB Show Coming Next Week - Lots of Interesting Pre-Show Announcements

    My inbox and voicemail has been overflowing this week in advance of next week's NAB Show. I haven't tallied up this week's pre-show news/product announcements related to online and mobile video, but it's certainly greater than I've ever seen. Next week I'll wrap it all up, but for now, among the more interesting things hitting my radar include Silverlight's availability in set-top boxes/Blu-ray players/connected devices, Juniper's acquisition of Ankeena Networks (a rich media infrastructure provider), Elemental's new GPU-based live streaming encoding system and the Conviva-Adobe strategic alliance.

    This will be my 3rd year partnering with NAB and at next week's show I've organized 5 sessions in the new "Destination Broadband" theater on Monday afternoon. Executives from Trinity Ventures, ScanScout, Akamai, Panvidea, 5Min, TubeMogul and AlphaBird will be joining me in these sequential sessions that are certain to offer valuable insights. I hope to see you there!
     
  • Upcoming Broadband Video Panels at the NAB Show

    I'm pleased to be partnering with NAB to moderate 2 panels at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday, April 22nd. Access is complimentary by clicking here, and entering code "X104"

    The first panel, at 11:15 am is entitled, "How TV Broadcasters are Capitalizing on Broadband Video" with the following panelists:

    • Bill Bradford - SVP, Chief Product Officer, Fox Digital Media Broadband Channels Group
    • Colin Dixon - Practice Manager, Broadband Media, The Diffusion Group
    • Suzanne Johnson - Senior Industry Marketing Manager, M&E, Akamai Technologies
    • Clayton Thomson - VP, Video Strategy and Development, WorldNow

    The second panel, at 3:30 pm, is on one my favorite topics, "How Syndication is Powering the Broadband Video Era," with the following panelists:

    • Doug Knopper - Co-CEO and Co-Founder, FreeWheel
    • Steven Kydd - EVP, Demand Studios, Demand Media
    • Chase Norlin, CEO, Pixsy
    • Steve Rosenbaum - Founder and CEO, Magnify.net
    • Brian Steel - President and CEO, VoloMedia

    I hope you're able to join us, as both panels are sure to provide lots of great information. The panels will be in the "Content Theater" adjacent to the "Content/Commerce Pavilion" where many industry companies will be exhibiting (e.g. Brightcove, Limelight, Electronic Arts, Akamai, Kyte, MGM, etc.) Exhibiting opportunities are still available, so send me an email if you're interested. Hope to see you there!

    Access is complimentary by clicking here, and entering code "X104"

     
  • NAB Show Will Focus on Broadband Content

    I'm excited to be partnering with NAB for its annual show in Las Vegas April 18-23. NAB is putting an emphasis on broadband content in a new "Content Commerce Pavilion" in the Central Hall. There will be a great mix of exhibiting companies including Akamai, Brightcove, Electronic Arts, Limelight, Volo Media and others. Adjacent to the pavilion will be the content theater, where exciting back-to-back panels, demos and presentations will be held. I'll be moderating two sessions, one on what broadcasters are doing with broadband video, and the other on the syndicated video economy and how it relates to broadcasters.

    VideoNuze readers can click here and use code "X104" to obtain a free show pass. There are exhibitor opportunities still available. Contact me to learn more.

     
  • Broadband, Broadcast Converge at NAB

    Any question you may have had about whether the broadcast and broadband worlds are converging would be put to rest after spending a couple of days at the NAB Show being held in Las Vegas this week.

    This year's NAB Show heavily emphasizes content in a technology-transformed world. For starters, NAB has set up "Content Central" a showcase section in the Main Central Hall featuring a cluster of new media vendors. Within the Content Central area is a specially created "Content Theater" where back-to-back discussion panels run throughout the show, including one I'll be moderating this morning entitled "Broadband Media Workflow: Hitting the Viewing Window," with executives from MTV, CTV and Akamai.

    Elsewhere at the show, there are numerous sessions with titles like "The New Hollywood! A New World of Entertainment!", "TV 2.0 - Video When, Where and How You Want It" and "Video Search for Unlimited Channels." In short, NAB has gone full throttle toward content, which in my opinion is a very good thing. That's because a key NAB constituency, local television broadcasters, have seen their market positions impacted by broadband, particularly as network TV programs are now widely accessible online. Broadcasters today are feeling the beginning of what local newspapers have felt as the Internet's use has become pervasive.

    But by elevating the focus on content, NAB is helping local TV broadcasters better understand how broadband presents opportunities, not just challenges. With strong expertise in video production, deep local roots and longstanding advertising relationships, local TV broadcasters are in some ways actually well-positioned to benefit from broadband.

    The key challenge for local broadcasters is to take a fundamentally different view of their businesses. No longer constrained by their local market's boundaries, local broadcasters can play on a bigger stage, distributing compelling content to viewers living thousands of miles away. One syndication example, between CBS's stations and Yahoo, already generates over 13 million video views per month, all incremental to those at CBS's own site.

    NAB's focus on content in a technology-driven world, follows a similar focus by the Consumer Electronics Association and NATPE at their respective shows over the past few months. Taken together, local broadcasters are being given many opportunities to understand the changing video landscape and how to profit from it.

     
  • Meet Up at NAB Show

    Next week I'll be at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on Tues and Wed and still have a few gaps in my schedule if you're interested in meeting up. I'll be moderating a session on Wed morning at 9:30 in the Content Theater entitled, "Broadband Media Workflow: Hitting the Viewing Window." We have an excellent group of panelists from CTV, MTV and Akamai and we'll be doing a deep dive into the opportunities and challenges of melding on-air and online video. If you're attending NAB Show, give me a shout and let's try to find time to meet up. Separately, I'll also be writing some posts for the NAB Show blog located here.

     
Previous | Next