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Colin Powers reflects on PBS programming for the Adirondacks, Lake Champlain, & Quebec, public broadcasting, and the future of media distribution.

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iPhone HD film-making has arrived!

June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Fun Stuff, Future of public media, High Definition, Journalism, Multi-media

Look out – here come’s mobile film-making! No excuses – the editing application is in the phone!

via vimeo.com

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Reinventing reporting and “crowd-sourcing” your stories

May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Future of public media, Journalism, Local stories, Multi-media, Public Affairs, Public Media

This chain of newspapers is boldly striking out into digital territory that no other legacy media has ventured in (switching to free online tools and more), but I’m eager to consider how our station can adopt this idea:

Telling the Stories
A cornerstone of the Ben Franklin Project is the inclusion of everyone in the [...]

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The Next Big Thing – Traditional Television

May 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Television, Future of public media, Multi-media

In 4th quarter 2009, the time spent per week with online videos, social networks, blogs, and mobile videos combined was barely 3% as much time as was spent watching television on a home TV set.
via baselineintel.com

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PBS Revolution Discussion Continued…

May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Television, Documentary, Educational Programming, Future of public media, Local stories, Mountain Lake Journal, Multi-media, News, PBS, Public Affairs, Uncategorized

Below is a thread that began several weeks ago (as reported here and here) on Revolution PBS, an anonymous blog. I’m picking up the thread mid-stream. If you haven’t seen the beginning, you can start with my post linked above and then the “Spoonful of Sugar” post picked up here.

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MediaPost Publications

May 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Digital Television, Future of public media, Multi-media, PBS, PBS Distribution

Why Online Video Fails To Meet Its Lofty Expectations
With television advertising being a $70 billion market and total online advertising weighing in at $22.7 billion for 2009, you can’t help but wonder why online video advertising only represents a $1 billion market.
In fact, according to the IAB, video advertising grew from $734 million to $1.017 [...]

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Naturalist Mark Fraser with some summertime snake fun!

May 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Educational Programming, Local stories, Mountain Lake Journal, Multi-media

Check out the latest video below from Mountain Lake Journal EXTRA’s frequent contributor – Adirondack naturalist Mark Fraser. He’s also got a new blog. Be sure to go visit his site and bookmark or better yet, subscribe to his blog feed (see my post from earlier tonight.)
You can also subscribe to his video channel [...]

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Warner Brothers is setting up shop in Montreal

April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Illustration - Animation, Multi-media, News, Public Affairs

Further cementing Montreal as a center for animation, gaming and creative media… one of the biggest players in the biz is throwing it hat in the Quebec ring…
clipped from www.montrealgazette.com

Warner Bros. coming to town

To open gaming studio: Company to receive $7.5-million grant, pledges to create 300 jobs by 2015
By JASON MAGDER, The Gazette
Warner Bros. said [...]

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Video Games as Art

April 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Illustration - Animation, Mountain Lake Journal, Multi-media, News, Public Affairs

One of my recent favorite segments on Mountain Lake Journal Extra was getting lost in the chatter, so I’m unearthing it here: 

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Green Screen Crazy!

March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Documentary, Filmmaking, PBS

Mountain Lake used green screen technology to great effect in our recent documentary “Forgotten War” (all the interviews) and continue to use it in studio on a pretty frequent basis. What many of us don’t realize is just how many “Hollywood” projects rely on virtual sets & green screen to complete their shots.
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C’mon dad! Can’t I be next…?

March 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Multi-media, PBS

clipped from www.current.org

WGBH steps into the future with mobile DTV simulcasts

WGBH is going where no station has gone before: This week it launched the first mobile DTV service in the system. The station is simulcasting its main HD channel along with its ‘GBH Kids Channel and two audio program streams. It’s the first of nine [...]

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