Archive for April, 2008
Alicia Keys interview
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An interview with Alicia Keys at the Samsung Four Seasons of Hope event.
Spike Lee / Nokia Productions
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Spike Lee discusses the Nokia Productions project.
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Professional Media on the Web: Where is It?
Despite the boom of numerous user-generated content portals, professionally produced content is still limited.
The most popular pieces on the web are often re-purposed media or low-quality viral content.
Why are professional content producers or content owners not creating original programming for the web? As a dynamic media expert, I have always suggested that [...]
Note: Change of Feed Address
Just a quick note: Recently, I moved the feed from the standard Wordpress generated feed to a Feedburner hosted feed.
Old feed address: http://asvideoproductions.com/blog/feed/
New feed address: http://feeds.feedburner.com/aanaravsareenblog
This should not affect anyone publicly. But, if it does, please drop me a line: aanaravs@asvideoproductions.com
NAB 2008: Bigger gets Better, Smaller gets Efficient
At this year’s NAB, the shift from television to other forms of content delivery was quite drastic. Just a few years ago, nearly everyone was developing content for television — event videographers, TV broadcasters, and news organizations. However, as various technologies have evolved, there is no longer a central medium. Examples include advanced compositing software [...]
TV: Alive & Healthy
Given the recent posts on this blog, this article may come as a surprise to many readers: TV is not dead. Not by a long shot. If you ask any aspiring actor, their dream is still to be successful on TV or on the big screen, rather than the average 2.5″ screen of portable devices. [...]
TV advertising rates on the decline
According to a recently published Advertising Age article, advertising rates for prime-time spots are on the decline. Here are a few interesting statistics from that article:
ABC: 9% to 12% decline
CBS: 9% to 12% decline
FOX: 9% to 12% decline
NBC: 25% decline
Based on the article, a 12% decline comes out to $125,634.00 per spot. By simple [...]
Adobe announces Lightroom 2.0
Today, Adobe announced the public beta of Photoshop Lightroom 2.0. The application is available from http://labs.adobe.com. For this cycle, Adobe is using similar beta regulations, as they did with Photoshop CS3. If you’re a current customer — you can evaluate the application for a longer period of time than the otherwise imposed 30 day restriction.
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