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Jason Bache founded Nerds Limited back in 2009. In March, 2020, he helped create Office Hours Global as an online community. Recently, to support his daily podcast, he challenged himself to broadcast-quality studio that fits into two Pelican cases and delivers the same experience as a permanent studio. Here’s what he learned.

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Spellshot is a Final Cut Pro extension that connects AI agents to your projects. Spellshot makes editing faster while preserving the editor’s judgment, creative control, and ownership of the final result. Here’s an interview with Tony Ginart, Spellshot CEO, to learn how this works.

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Stockfilm holds 162,000+ searchable clips scanned from 1,583 physical 8m and Super 8mm film reels spanning the 1930s to 1980s, all available for direct licensing. Here’s more about what it is and how it works.

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ReelNotes is a stand-alone app that “is a media logging and note-taking workspace for filmmakers, editors, researchers, journalists, students, podcasters. It supports all Mac-based NLEs. Here’s an interview with its developer, Hassan Amini, to explain how it works and who it’s for.

Recently, I wrote about how I backup my data and, in it, I mentioned Blu-ray Disc technology that stores up to 100 GB on a single, write-once drive at a very affordable price. Here’s an interview with Larry O’Connor, CEO, OWC with more on this technology and recommended links.

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Open Drives announces Astraeus, a new data service that emulates cloud services, but running locally on your network. Larry Jordan interviews Michael Wilsker, Senior Director, Integration Strategy at Open Drives, to learn more.

WeDesignMotion.com is a one-man studio which creates professional video templates for After Effects and Premiere Pro. I interviewed Vladimir Zharov, CEO, to learn more about his company and products.

Julien Fabbri, with Wisycom, showcases their latest wireless technology at IBC 2025.

Richard Rees, CEO of QuickLink, explains what’s new at IBC 2025.

Gary Rosen, VP of Global Sales for Pliant Technologies, showcases their latest products at IBX 2025.

Freddie Vinehill-Cliffe describes what’s new from NUGEN Audio at IBC 2025.

Jacob Vernick, Sales Engineer for NewBlue, showcases their latest products at IBC 2025.

Dan Maloney, Matrox Video, describes their latest products at IBC 2025.

Bernie Keech, Marshall Electronics, describes new cameras from Marshall at IBC 2025.

Helga Volha Somava, DPA Microphones, on what’s new for them at IBC 2025.

Michael Cioni, CEO of Strada, comments on the impact of AI on media today.

Sam Bogoch, CEO of Axle.AI, explains what’s new at IBC 2025.

Dr. Marc Batschkus, Director of Business Development at Archiware showcases what’s new from them at the show.

Abe Abt, Senior Product Consultant at AJA, on what’s new from AJA at IBC 2025.

Larry O’Connor, CEO of OWC, on the current media trends that he’s watching.

Larry O’Connor, CEO of OWC, shares his thoughts on the current impact of AI on media technology.

Luke Marchant, from OWC, showcases their new ThunderBolt 5 Dock and the latest version of Jellyfish shared storage.

Larry O’Connor, CEO of OWC, showcases many of their latest products at IBC 2025.

Peter Barber, CEO of Atomos, showcases what’s new for Atomos at IBC 2025.

Here are some of the trends we are hearing about at IBC 2025. Please add your thoughts in the comments.

Leanne Tomlin, Marketing Director, Pixit Media, explains what new from them at IBC 2025.

Rich Andes, Telestream, showcases what’s new from Telestream at IBC 2025.

Michael Cioni, CEO of Strada, explains what’s new from Strada at IBC 2025.

Alexandru Niculin, Maxon, showcases what’s new from Maxon at IBC.

Kylee Peña, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Premiere Pro, Adobe Systems, discusses the key industry and technical trends that Adobe is watching in media today.

Kylee Peña, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Premiere Pro, Adobe Systems, explains how Adobe is integrating generative AI into its media products at IBC 2025.

Kylee Peña, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Premiere Pro, Adobe Systems, introduces the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro at IBC 2025.

These interviews of leading developers for the media industry were recorded at IBC 2025 by Laura Peters, a member of the Larry Jordan team.

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This is a flat-out amazing interview and photographs! Philip Grossman is a documentarian, cinematographer, technology consultant.. and absolutely fearless. His documentaries inside Chernobyl and Fukushima won international praise. Here he discusses his gear, his technique, and his thoughts on media itself.

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Larry Jordan and Paul Lombert discuss how Hedge tools remove workflow problems throughout the post-production process. Paul explains their latest features and where each tool fits in an editing workflow.

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Larry Jordan and Mike Cavanagh discuss the impact of AI on Hollywood, how studios will use AI to cut staff and expenses, the trend of moving media out of the cloud, and how to future-proof your career.

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Larry Jordan and Sam Bogoch discuss media management, new AI-based media search features, finding the clips you need, and the trend to improve privacy by moving assets from the Cloud back onto local storage.

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I’m recording 65 video interviews at the 2025 NAB Show in Las Vegas next week. Here’s the gear we are using and why I picked it.

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If you, like me, scoffed when Blackmagic Design introduced their URSA Cine 17K 65 digital film camera, well, Blackmagic just published two Behind-the-Scenes video showing the camera in use. (The filmmaker quotes below are from BMD’s press release.) Now, there …

Adobe is adding “Media Intelligence” to Adobe Premiere. What is this new video search tool? What are its limitations? And how will this impact the thriving market for media asset management software? This includes an interview with Max Lund, CEO of Jumper.io.

You have probably heard of – if not watched – Mr. Beast. Recently, Jimmy Donaldson, its creator, wrote a production guide on how to create successful YouTube videos. This is essential reading for anyone wanting to succeed in social media. Here are my highlights.

This is a transcript of an interview with Larry Jordan conducted by Cirina Catania for OWC Radio.Here, Larry discusses the media industry, AI, his career, finding work, and more. (Recorded Dec. 27, 2024.)

Ken Kobre released a highly revised 2nd edition of his book: “Video Journalism: Multimedia Storytelling for Online, Broadcast and Documentary Journalists.” Since I got my start in TV news a long, long time ago, this is a subject near to my heart. In this interview, Ken explains why he wrote this book and why it is so necessary today.

A fast way to edit video programs that feature lots of interviews is using speech-to-text editing in Adobe Premiere Pro. In this short video, Larry Jordan shows how you can quickly create and edit using transcripts, then how to turn those transcripts into captions.

Recently, Jungle Power launched a series of eco-friendly, on-location power generation systems. To learn more, I emailed a series of questions to Mark Naidoo, CEO of Jungle Power.

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Another question I asked my interview guests at the 2024 NAB Show New York, was what key trends were they watching? As you might expect, there’s a LOT! going on.

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In this interview, Larry Jordan and Gary Adcock discuss what AI (Artificial Intelligence) is and is not, whether we should be afraid of it, and how it gets trained.

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In this interview, Larry Jordan and Megan Fasy discuss the relationship between marketing, advertising and PR; mistakes companies make when dealing with a PR agency; the current state of the market; and reasons for optimism in media.

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In this interview, Larry Jordan and Sadie Groom discuss how to effectively create PR, mistakes companies make when dealing with the press, when to work with a PR agency, the current state of the market, and the importance of personal connections.

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In this interview, Larry Jordan and Matt Morgan discuss Ross Video’s expansion into corporate media production, the requirements of live production, and the differences between broadcast and corporate media.

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