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NAB 2022: ‘Our Flag Means Death’ and Amazing Special Effects
'Our Flag Means Death', a comedy about pirates, sets new standards for amazing special effects.
Read More »NAB 2022: Making DreamWorks ‘The Bad Guys’ Full of Fun Lessons
Filmmakers at NAB explained how they made the film noir animation 'The Bad Guys.'
Read More »NAB Show: Live Again in Las Vegas with Drew Carey, Nick Cannon, Lester Holt
The NAB Show returns to Las Vegas after two years of COVID-forced downtime, and is bigger than ever with over 900 exhibitors.
Read More »NAB 2020: Broadcast Industry Show Bounces Back, Online
This year's NAB show, originally scheduled for April in Las Vegas, will go online in May. Over 100 hours of educational programming will be available.
Read More »NAB 2019: The Making of ‘Apollo 11’
Rarely does a documentary film not only relate past events, but along the way preserve the culture and set new standards for future filmmaking: Apollo 11, currently in theaters, does just that. At the 2019 NAB Show, the National Association of Broadcasters industry meetup in Las Vegas, April 5-11, filmmaker …
Read More »NAB 2019: Opening Day Honors Alan Alda and Looks to Future
During the opening ceremonies of its annual meeting, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) honored actor Alan Alda, broadcast pioneer Tom Taylor, and set attendees’ sites on current challenges and future innovation. NAB was held April 6-11, 2019, in Las Vegas, NV. More Than M*A*S*H The opening session was chaired …
Read More »PlayOn Makes It Easier to Cut the Cord
“Cord cutting” means getting your news, sports and entertainment direct from the Internet, rather than through a cable company. PlayOn software makes this task less daunting by pre-populating its interface with almost all the popular online programming sources. On top of this, it gives you a software based digital video recorder (DVR), they call a Streaming Video Recorder (SVR).
Read More »NAB Show 2016: ‘In a World…’ – The Secrets Behind Successful Film Trailers
Murphy's approach is to treat the trailer project like a mini-movie with its own three-act structure.
Read More »NAB Show 2016: Bazinga! John Cryer Hosts Honors for Keke Palmer and Chuck Lorre
John Cryer, of 'Two and a Half Men,' served as Television Luncheon Master of Ceremonies for this year’s National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show, April 18 in Las Vegas. Cryer joked his way through the ceremony, which honored Producer Chuck Lorre and actress/singer Keke Palmer. Palmer received the TV Chairman’s Award which recognizes achievements in one or more specific disciplines in television. Chuck Lorre, creator/writer of some of TV’s most memorable sitcoms since the 1980s, was inducted into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
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