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From the land that invented reality TV - moves afoot to expand the concept into the news divisions.
Faced with fallout from a series of high-profile deceptions British TV executives are planning an overhaul of the rules guiding news and documentary coverage.

nowplayit.com  offers an easier way for musicians to learn the latest riffs.

Taking image manipulation to the next level - “seam carving for image aware content resizing”. How long until this technology makes it to the video realm? via Strobist

As I blogged below video typically offers a lot less “wriggle room” than photography. What you see in video is often a lot closer to what was actually photographed. Photo enhancement services are widening that gap still further.

Pre-roll ads annoy viewers. Contextual ads which appear on the web page beside the video don’t annoy viewers - they ignore them. This annoys advertisers.
In an effort to keep everyone happy Google has introduced overlay click-through ads to Youtube. Revenue will be shared with content creators.

“Parents hoping to raise a baby Einstein by using infant educational videos may create a baby Homer Simpson instead, according to a new study released Tuesday in the Journal of Pediatrics.

Looking for a Tony Robbins link for the post below Google threw up this TED video: “Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better” Sparky interaction with Al Gore when Al (in the audience) wants to blame his defeat in 2000 on the Supreme Court. Worth watching.

From Tony Robbins: “The secret to success is not being committed to success. The secret to success is being committed to preparing for success”.
Knowing your equipment, having back-up plans, developing expertise and talent all count. But so does having the time/resources/personnel to set-up th shoot. Michael Grecco shooting Martin Scorsese for DirecTV shows how […]