Category Archives: Technology

American Idol – Telescope Handles Voting Pipeline

Telescope, the company behind the millions of voting interactions for shows such as American Idol and the XFactor, has handled over 1.5 billion exchanges in the last year, over 75% of them from mobile devices.

American Idol – What’s Behind the Envelope? Interview with Jason George of Telescope

Listen to my interview with Jason George, CEO of Telescope (15 minutes) here: JASON GEORGE Telescope American Idol I know this is lengthy, but here is the full transcript of the interview for those who would prefer to …. read ….. yes, read! Interview with Jason George, CEO, Telescope (http://www.telescope.tv) Interviewer: Cirina Catania Conducted April, [...]

Kickstarter Campaigns We Like: iOgrapher

We’ve seen all manner of gear that helps filmmakers turn their iPads into camera-ready production kits for iOS-based productions, but the iOgrapher iPad Mini Mount may just be the first case specifically invented for shooting with the iPad Mini. Article first published as California Teacher Invents iOgrapher – the First Case for iPad Mini Filmmakers [...]

OPTICAL DEVICES DIVISION OF FUJIFILM SHOWING NEW RANGE OF LENSES AND UPGRADES AT NAB 2013

The following information was released by Fujifilm: Wayne, N.J., March 1, 2013 – FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Optical Devices Division will show a variety of new lenses and upgrades at this year’s NAB at the Las Vegas Convention Center. On display within Booth C7525 will be FUJINON lenses for broadcasting, sports, digital cinematography and production [...]

International Supplies Chock Full of Tech at 2013 NAB

Check out the lineup at International Supplies, Booth #C9049 at the Las Vegas Convention Center during 2013 NAB: – Nighthawk Bluetooth Microphone Combo System The Nighthawk is a clip-on multi-functional microphone Bluetooth device with high-quality wireless recording capability for Apple and Android smartphones. It can function as a wireless interview microphone, recording device, smart phone [...]

Vinten Radamec Introduces First ‘Ready to Use’ Robotics system at #NABSHOW

The following news was issued today from Vinten Radamec: Shelton, Connecticut, April 3, 2013 — Vinten Radamec®, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group brand, launches its new all-in-one robotic camera system at NAB2013, in the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 8-11, 2013. Based on Vinten Radamec’s best of breed software and engineering used by [...]

Tim Jenison, Founder of NewTek Reflects on the 90′s and the Birth of Video Production

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Tim Jenison, NewTek Founder and visionary force behind the desktop revolution of the 1990′s predicted the democratization of video production. TriCasters are now used to produce over 60,000 hours of video content each week (40,000 hours are live).