L. Robert Taylor
@techmanager
A former network tech manager comments on media old and new.
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June 26, 1959 - CBS News journalist Edward R. Murrow interviewed Lee Remick. She was his 500th and final guest on "Person to Person." #EdwardRMurrow #PersontoPerson
Worked with David when I was a video editor and later as a tech manager. His mentoring made me better at both.
TV news institution David Bohrman died today. He was a leader at CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and Current TV – producing election nights, overseeing debates, pioneering new tech for news coverage, and mentoring generations of journalists. CNN's memo about his passing:
The first color TV sets, manufactured by RCA Victor, were sold to the public starting on December 30, 1953. #colortv #RCA #RCAVictor
There is a Master Control Operator at #CNN who might soon be working the midnight shift after cutting off the McAuliffe speech multiple times.
Just the beginning of robotic camera people...
The robotic cameras tracking the stars of German football tvbeurope.com/production-pos…
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The robotic cameras tracking the stars of German football - TVBEurope
A new Robotic Camera system is being used by the German football league to track individual players throughout a game, opening up opportunities for localised content provision for media partners
You can’t make this stuff up. For the start of the NFL season, Babe Wine and jewelry and accessories maker Ryan Porter are aiming to bring the locker room right to your homebound nostrils with a jockstrap-scented candle. bit.ly/2ZrcztH
The US Space & Rocket Center, which houses the legendary Saturn V rocket, has inspired dreams for decades. It's usually Alabama's top paid tourist attraction, but now, it's in danger of closing for good because of lost revenue during the Covid-19 pandemic. cnn.it/2XaEhK7
Also Today In TV History: 56 years ago today, the CBS Evening News expanded to 30 minutes. (The first net news to do so. ABC was last in 1967.)
Susan Zirinsky will be CBS News president AND senior exec producer. The message: She'll have her sleeves rolled up, working with the shows directly. "CBS News is uniquely positioned to expand its reach," she says. Here's my story cnn.com/2019/01/06/med…
How The Weather Channel Made That Insane Storm Surge Animation via @WIRED bit.ly/2N8hnA9
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How The Weather Channel Made That Insane Storm Surge Animation
A combination of Unreal Engine and a specially outfitted studio brought Hurricane Florence to life.
On this date in 1979, a little start-up cable company in central Connecticut was born. Thank you @Bill_ESPN and happy 39th anniversary, @ESPN.
(Although the tape demoed at NAB 1956 was two inches wide...)
Unimaginably, Redwood City and Stanford decided not to preserve this Silicon Valley landmark. padailypost.com/2018/08/14/a-b…
The “Mike Cable 8 National Tournament" video has popped up in my Facebook feed. Three years old but apparently it has just been noticed here in the english speaking world. bit.ly/2NOb3tn
Did SONY have a working videotape recorder in 1951? Maybe 1951 refers to their audio recorder? Had they had a working VTR in 1951, surely the US networks would have bought some. #mediasolutions
Turn to Memnon for an easy way to preserve and digitize your analog content bit.ly/2tYHGxb #mediasolutions #archive #digitize
The #ABCTV network made its debut 70 years ago today (April 19, 1948). The first show was “On the Corner”, featuring satirist Henry Morgan. In New York it was broadcast on WABD, the Du Mont network station.
Forty years ago this month I learned how to do #videoediting on this Convergence box, but it took two years of experience to make it to the #NightlyNews.
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