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CBS Sells TV Stations in Four Markets
From: TVNEWSDAY CBS announced today that it is selling seven stations in four markets—Austin, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah; Providence, Rhode Island; and West Palm Beach, Florida— to a private equity fund for $185 million.The stations: KEYE in Austin, Texas (CBS) KUTV in Salt Lake City, Utah (CBS) and its Read More →
Bad Year to Shoot the Super Bowl
In the past, I’ve been anxious to be involved in a large production like the Super Bowl. Not only is it a mammoth television event that the whole world is watching… but the networks bring out all the new toys. New and innovative cameras and recording technology are unveiled on Read More →
The Loss of a Mentor
As a kid growing up in the little town of Salisbury, MD, no single person made me want to be a TV photographer more than Scorchy Tawes. His unique name always stuck in my head, but it was Scorchy’s character stories and moving pictures that I could never forget. After Read More →
Live Truck Falls Through Ice
Sometimes while covering the news, we become the news. A WDJT-TV (CBS 58, Milwaukee, WI) live truck fell through the ice while working on a story about ice safety on Sunday. Although no official word has been released from the driver, it looks as if she thought she was driving Read More →
Hanging on a Wire-Less
In my first television job, we had one wireless mic to be shared among all the photographers. It had a huge receiver that was probably meant to be rack-mounted… thus it had to be carried in a backpack. It was cumbersome and heavy and not the slightest bit convenient — Read More →
ITVA “First Thursday” in DC (on second Thursday)
Marty Atias and ATS Communications of Silver Spring, MD, in association with the ITVA‘s Washington DC chapter & Interface Video, will present ITVA’s first “First Thursday” meeting (held on the 2nd Thursday this month, January 11) on Direct To Edit Recorders for video & audio. For Video, we will focus Read More →
KGO-TV Photographer Pushed by Police on Golden Gate Bridge
from abc7news.com (KGO-TV) By Heather Ishimaru Jan. 2 – KGO – There are questions today about how the Golden Gate Bridge District handled a demonstration there yesterday. A confrontation between protesters and police resulted in closure of the walkways to everyone, and in a scuffle between an ABC7 News photographer Read More →