Well, it’s that time again. A new year full of promise and possibilities. You can almost hear the diets being started and the cigarettes being stamped out. I love this time of year, and not just becau ...
January 2, 2007
It's December, and that means it's time again for our yearly outlook issue. We again polled some industry experts on what they feel are the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of their pa ...
December 5, 2006
Silicon Color, makers of the well-respected Mac-based color grading software FinalTouch, recently announced that it was purchased by Apple. When I contacted Apple about their intentions, they pointed ...
November 6, 2006
During my trip to IBC in Amsterdam last month, I learned some interesting life lessons: one, the domestically over-priced Heineken is the Budweiser of Holland; two, a “fanny pack” means something COMP ...
October 16, 2006
If you watch the offbeat NBC sitcom Scrubs, you know they like to do things just a little bit different than the rest, and the way they capture and post is no exception.
September 8, 2006
…everywhere a studio, studio. Ok, yes, I have young children and there is constantly a nursery rhyme or Barney song playing in my head, but by dumb luck this one happens to be appropriate. Usually, we ...
August 11, 2006
For many, the first time they noticed Focus Features, the art house division of Universal Pictures, was with the release of successful films like Lost in Translation, Brokeback Mountain and The Consta ...
July 6, 2006
Super powers. Gift or curse? Depends on the power.
June 8, 2006
Ahh, Vegas in April. How I love thee. There really is no city better suited for a trade show. No matter what time you are done working, there is always something to do. And rarely do you have to wait ...
May 10, 2006
Nineteen years ago when Herb Dow, then a VP at nonlinear editing manufacturer Ediflex, organized a dinner with some post production studio heads during NAB, he had no idea what he was starting. For hi ...
April 7, 2006