Having just returned from a lovely but ‘changeable’ week in Cornwall where the roads were so steep they were almost vertical, and the weather was so bad it was almost horizontal, the impending end of summer holidays is a reminder that Europe’s largest trade show is fast approaching. Amsterdam is a busy place for the...Read More
Adamantean customer, David Diley was recently commissioned to make a commercial for the Panasonic EVA-1 camera. David is a freelance filmmaker, DOP, Editor and Colourist; but predominantly an underwater cameraman so naturally this commercial would be shot beneath the sea! Click on the below link to read David’s in depth (see what we did there!)...Read More
A while back, my daughter showed me some history homework she’d had marked by her teacher. There were none of the ticks and V.Goods I was expecting, but two unfamiliar acronyms. WWW and EBI. When I asked her what this meant, she informed me in the patronising tone that only an 11 year old can really...Read More
As my Facebook and Twitter feed morphs from the obligatory “here we go again” and “look out Vegas, I’m coming to get you” status updates to the more subdued “Broken” and “BA, you’re rubbish” posts, I see that another NAB has come and gone. The industry marketing machine was in full flow, and I feel...Read More
Well, on a strictly binary “was I right or was I wrong?” I clearly got it wrong. But walking around the show this year as a BVE veteran, one could be forgiven for thinking you’d walked in to the wrong hall. For me, the show has always been about broadcast and production kit. Cameras, lenses,...Read More
It’s not often that every single person I speak to at any given trade show is raving about it. Those of you who have read some of my previous Trade Show blogs/rants will know that I’m not always effusive about them. But that happened this weekend, and the BSC has hit the Goldilocks sweet spot for a show. A trade...Read More
This time last year we couldn’t believe how quickly twelve months had passed, and the second year has shot by at even greater velocity. I always said that you’re a start-up for the first three years. Only after then can you really assess the business as an established entity, and measure its trends and success...Read More
Asset finance spreads the cost of equipment purchases over a number of years, which helps protect cashflow and potentially allows a business to grow at a faster rate. The 2 most common forms of asset finance are Hire Purchase (HP) and finance lease, and there are some important differences to consider; The credit and underwriting...Read More
