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Three Kinds of Judgment in the Control Room
Governance was never a single dial. In a control room it’s a signal path: a rule that doesn’t ask permission, an alarm that says…
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Nobody Asked for the Shot That Won the Night
What people ask for tells you where to start looking, not where to stop. The gap between a request and the real need is…
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The Bottleneck Always Moves
When we went tapeless, the constraint didn’t disappear — it moved from the machine to the people instructing it. The intent for the show…
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What’s Actually Earning Its Keep, AI and Innovation
Every new tool wants a seat on the crew bus. Here’s my honest scorecard of which ones have actually earned it — and which…
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What’s Actually Earning Its Keep
Enough hype — here’s my honest scorecard of where AI is delivering real value in media operations right now, and where it isn’t yet.…
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Is It a Real IP Facility? Wrong Question.
An engineer told me his overhauled plant “isn’t a real IP facility.” He was measuring it against a purity that doesn’t exist — and…
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The Calmest Person in the Room
Two directors, the same on-air mistake, opposite instincts. One berated the operator and made the broadcast worse; the other let it pass and fixed…
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Live is the Moat
Twelve years ago I asked how critical LIVE is to your content. The last twelve years didn’t just prove the point — they raised…
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Why I’m Writing
This site has been a quiet place. That’s about to change — three threads on where our industry is heading, AI in media workflows,…
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2024 Year in Review: Lessons and Milestones
A personal look back at a year of industry travel, EVS community outreach, Olympic and Super Bowl productions, and family milestones.
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