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NATAS presents Online and On Demand: TV Outside the Box

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Learn how Telestream can prepare your video content for multi-screen delivery and on-line services such as Hulu, Netflix & YouTube.

Chuck Buelow, Director of Sales, Western Region for Telestream, will discuss how Telestream Episode encoding and Vantage transcoding workflow automation products handle this process.

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Q&A with CBS5’s Frank Mallicoat

Which anchors have influenced your career throughout your life?

             I was a sportscaster for my first 16 years so I was influenced by 2 men in particular.  I loved Bob Costas!  He had a cerebral look at sports and could ad-lib with anyone.  He is to this day one of the smoothest guys on air.  I also liked Jim Nance for the same reasons.  Good energy, but not in your face like so many sportscaster are now a days.  He like Costas is always prepared and can talk to any sports or news maker and make it appear so easy.  News wise I was a huge Peter Jennings fan.  I thought his delivery was always personal and heartfelt.  He was terrific during live broadcasts too.  I had the chance to meet him during the 1988 Presidential primary in NH.  I worked for the ABC station in Manchester, NH and Peter anchored his "World News Tonight" program there before the Primary.  I got to speak to him and watch him at his craft in person.  A total gentleman and professional!  I now enjoy Brian Williams for the same reasons.

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60 Years Ago- The 49ers Come to Local Television

By Brian Daley

Although pro-football and television are presently joined at the hip, this week marks the 60th anniversary of an event that reminds us that this was not always the case. On Sunday, November 4th, 1951, the San Francisco 49ers made their Northern California television debut when they faced the Los Angeles Rams in L.A.'s Memorial Coliseum.  One would think that such a significant step in the history of the 49ers would have been met with unanimous approval at the time, but careful research reveals that not everyone was on board with the Niner's decision to appear on the small screen.

The pairing of TV and sports dates back to before the advent of network television. On October 22, 1939, NBC's experimental station W2XBS became the first entity to televise an NFL game when it carried a contest between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Eagles live from Ebbets Field. The game, won by the Dodgers 23-14, was attended by only 13,050 fans, but seen by many others who happened upon the RCA Pavilion at New York's World's Fair, where several monitors tuned into the game were set up for visitors. How many of the 500 people who actually owned sets in New York at that time witnessed the broadcast is unknown.  

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NATAS Special Offer for Humor Abuse at A.C.T. January 12–February 5!

A.C.T. invites NATAS members to see the acclaimed production Humor Abuse, the “funny, poignant, and inspired” (Bloomberg) true story of growing up in San Francisco’s Pickle Family Circus! In this one-man feat of performance, Lorenzo Pisoni, the son of famed Pickle’s founder Larry Pisoni (who, along with fellow Pickle’s Bill Irwin and Geoff Hoyle, set the bar for the art of clowning in America) takes you under the big top with this hilarious stage memoir filled with stupendous physical acts. A hilarious and heartfelt event that will delight audiences of all ages, Humor Abuse dazzles with unforgettable stories and mesmerizing routines. Performances run January 12–February 5. Save big with $45 Orchestra and $35 Mezzanine seats! Use code CIRCUS at act-sf.org/humor or call 415.749.2228. Subject to availability—limitations apply.

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