What’s All The Buzz About NAB?
If you’re just into film, you might ask yourself, “Why would I be interested in the National Association of Broadcasters? Although for a lot of editors, their work is in broadcasting.
Broadcasting covers a lot of ground. The term itself has come to have many meanings. Normally people consider it to mean radio and TV transmissions. NAB Executive VP, Chris Brown, on a recent Digital Production Buzz interview explained that the NAB show has expanded to now include New Media.
A look at the NAB Super Sessions (http://www.nabshow.com/2009/education/supersessions.asp) shows that there are ones dedicated to such topics as: “Creating in the New Media Landscape”, “Mobile Video”, “The New Content Paradigm”, “Cool Gadgets, Hot Content” and “Generations – Media Consumption Habits and Preferences”.
NAB this year is so big that it is in four buildings comprising 900,000 square feet of exhibits! I love trade shows and especially ones that are about things I love. This event sounds like and amazing event. It’ll be my first and I’ll give a complete report on what I was able to see, when I get back from it! I will, of course try to twitter updates while I am there. (http://twitter.com/quintessential)
New areas at NAB this year are the 3D Pavillion and the Content Commerce Pavillion. You might be interested in the Post|Production World Conference at this year’s NAB Show which is April 18-23 in Las Vegas.
Have you ever been? For a taste of what the 2009 NAB Show has to offer, check out the Post|Production World Conference details, including 7 different Adobe, Apple, Avid and Mac Certification Courses: http://www.nabshow.com/2009/education/postproduction.asp. Man there is a LOT to this show!
In an effort to help people out in these dire economic times, the NAB show has given out a promo code for free exhibit passes which includes entry into the Keynote address: NAB Free Exhibits Passport Code: TP01 Please pass along and visit http://nabshow.com/passport to redeem! This is a $150-$200 value! You could use your savings and upgrade to see some great sessions!
I’ll be there. Hope to see you there as well.