Thinking of new technology? Now is the time

March 11, 2012 in Uncategorized by David Shapiro

Post originally published in ThoseinMedia on 2009-07-21 20:34:33
Times are hard. Everyone is feeling the crunch. However, despite this, now could be a great time to invest in new technologies for your station.
Ask yourself the following questions:

Are you happy with your current technologies?
Are they capable of offering your viewers the new-age platforms?
Do you find that scheduling

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Zero footprint post house…

March 11, 2012 in Television by CJ Adams

Post originally published in ThoseinMedia on 2011-04-16 13:22:55As budgets get smaller and post houses are failing.  This got me to thinking about a “zero” footprint post house.   This isn’t an easy nut to crack but I do see a a way around it.  If one would form a loose assembly of professional freelance specialists

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Facebook Use Soaring in Japan: Requirements to Benefit from Social Media

March 11, 2012 in Social Media by Megumi Oyanagi

Post originally published in Future Direction of Web 2.0 and Internet Marketing on 2012-02-04 06:34:20Facebook has become popular in Japan in January 2011 after Twitter became popular in Japan in July 2010, which is the reason why 2011 is often said to be “the first year of SNS in Japan” as explained in the previous

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Ranking: Companies/Brands Leveraging Social Media Generating Sales in Japan

March 11, 2012 in Branding, Social Media by Megumi Oyanagi

Post originally published in Future Direction of Web 2.0 and Internet Marketing on 2012-02-29 05:36:27Nikkei Digital Marketing, a publishing company in Nikkei group (a leading business publisher in Japan) specialized in digital marketing recently executed a survey and announced on February 22 the first ranking in Japan of companies and brands that are successful in

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Case Study: Companies/Brands Leveraging Social Media in Japan (Muji)

March 11, 2012 in Branding, Social Media by Megumi Oyanagi

Post originally published in Future Direction of Web 2.0 and Internet Marketing on 2012-03-03 21:55:29Following the previous article Vol.73 – Ranking: Companies/Brands Leveraging Social Media Generating Sales in Japan some of the successful companies and/or brands operating in Japan to generate sales will be introduced, starting with this article.
The first one is Muji.
1. What is the

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Implementing a Broadcast Management System – Getting Started 1/3

January 15, 2012 in Broadcasting, Television by David Shapiro

Today’s broadcasting environment continues to offer new challenges that were simply not present a few years ago. Over the past years, a large percentage of TV broadcasters have moved from a single, linear schedule line-up to what I refer to as a Triple-M (MMM) environment – Multi-version, Multi-format and Multi-platform. The Triple-M environment means

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Implementing a Broadcast Management System – Sticking Points 2/3

January 15, 2012 in Broadcasting, Television by David Shapiro

This is the second article on the topic of “Implementing a new Broadcast Management System – A practical guide”
If you missed the first article, you can read it here.
As mentioned in the previous article, the ideas mentioned are not revolutionary, and come down to standard practice and common sense. The purpose of this series of

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Implementing a Broadcast Management System Measuring Usability/Adaptability and Working With Your Users 3/3

January 15, 2012 in Broadcasting, Television by David Shapiro

When dealing with the implementation of any new system within an organization, it is usually management and senior staff who will be making important decisions. This is of course understandable since it is not possible for everyone in the organization to have their say. However, in the next few lines we will see why it

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KFS of Web Contribution to Information Value, Branding and Engagement

January 15, 2012 in Branding by Megumi Oyanagi

To conclude series of articles on Web Equity survey implemented by Japan Brand Strategy following the previous articles Vol.65 – Web Equity Valuation in Japan – Model and Ranking and Vol.66 – KFS of Web Contribution to Sales Generation and Value, the author would like to introduce what kind of corporate websites are ranked high

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The World of Color Calibration for Broadcast Monitors

January 15, 2012 in Film by CJ Adams

I had a great time watching and dealing with color calibration last night. I had Gregg Lowen from LionAV.com came in to calibrate my Panasonic Pro Plasma for me to REC 709. He used a Photo Research PR 670 probe with the 5nm option. Also used various Signal generators for HD-sdi and hdmi connections along

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