30-SECOND SPEECHES: A strict 30-second time limit for on-stage speeches will be adhered to this year, but not to worry...

 

      

       Come early and bid often on the Silent Auction to benefit the NATAS TV Academy Scholarship Fund.

        This year's offerings range from an evening of fine dining and entertainment in San Francisco, to an in-home organizing session courtesy of NEAT Method. Winning bids are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

 

  

  

 

  

  

  

 

    

  

  

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

By Kym McNicholas

Chapter Secretary

 

       When Nespresso moved into Union Square, at first glance you might have said, "Not another coffee shop." That's actually why I decided to walk into the shop at Grant and Geary streets in San Francisco. It almost felt like I was walking into an Apple Store, not a Starbucks competitor. It's truly a retail store to showcase and demo their latest Nespresso gourmet coffee makers.

       They have plenty of customer service representatives to welcome you and walk you through making a cup of coffee using their machines (you get to drink it, too). If you'd rather sit and enjoy a cup of coffee and have a fresh-baked snack instead, you can do that as well. You just can't take it to go unless you buy a machine.

       When I asked if Nespresso got the idea to open a hands-on retail store such as this from Apple, they said it wasn't clear who got the idea from whom as they both opened their first shops the same year.

       Take a look:

       http://video.pandodaily.com/hQ3/meet-the-apple-of-coffee-nespresso/ 

       Nespresso is sponsoring the coffee at this year's Emmy Awards Gala and showing all of us how easy their machines are to work. They've also donated machines for our silent auction, so if you love the taste, you can bid on one to take home that night!

 

  

By Kym McNicholas

Chapter Secretary

 

      When I started working for tech blog, PandoDaily, I was tasked with building their video department from scratch, which included searching for live streaming vendors. I tried so many of them, including uStream, Livestream, Ooyala, and more. And, although their technology was great, I wanted to do something more. I wanted to be able to easily cut clips from the live stream to post on our Vidcaster video platform on www.pandodaily.com. There is a workaround using a video screen grab and a Quicktime player. But who has time for workarounds during a live broadcast.

     That's when I discovered SnappyTV.

     Imagine being able to create segments from your live news broadcast, real-time, and post them on the web and send them virally through social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn? SnappyTV can do that. I cut clips real-time during a live stream of what we call our PandoMonthly events, where my CEO, Sarah Lacy, interviews a Silicon Valley executive on stage for two hours. We post those clips immediately online, with an easy to input headline and description.

     They are going to give all of us a taste of their technology at this month's Emmy Awards. They are donating their time and technology to stream both the awards ceremony as well as the speeches.

     Clips of each and every speech will be available to the winners to share through their social graph.

 

Here are a few facts about SnappyTV:

• Cloud-based, real-time editing tools allow broadcasters to be the first to break the stories and instantly deliver that headline along with compelling video.
• Deep integrations with social channels allow you to publish content that reaches your audience when and where they want their news - on mobile, on Twitter, and on Facebook.
• SnappyTV enables news broadcasters to fully comply with FCC closed-caption regulations for both live and on-demand video content. By automatically capturing the closed captions used in over-the-air broadcast feeds, any clips and live streams can carry data across and automatically display closed captions on both websites and mobile devices.
• Create new monetization opportunities around breaking news content with video inventory inside social media channels.

EMMY� 2013

Emmy� Awards Gala Raffle Benefits

NATAS Academy Scholarship Fund

  

By Karen Owoc

EmmyⓇAwards Gala Committee

 

       At this month's EmmyⓇ Awards Gala, attendees will have a chance to participate in a raffle drawing that benefits the scholarship fund of the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

       The grand prize: 1.05 karat Forevermark Diamond Earrings and a Double Magnum of

Padis 2009 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon (Total value $5,000).

        Or, win one of 144 Bottles of Napa Valley 2008 Anthony August Proprietary Red Wine
 (Value $35/bottle)

       Raffle tickets can be purchased on the night of the gala:

$20 for 1 ticket, 3 tickets for $50, and 7 tickets for $100 (two tickets free).

Winners will be announced during the Emmy� Awards ceremony and you must be present to win! 

       Steve Padis Jewelryfeaturing Forevermark, the exclusive sponsor of the 2013� Emmy Gala Reception, is also donating a pair of 1.05 karat Forevermark Diamond Earrings and a Double Magnum (3L) Bottle of Padis 2009 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon to be raffled off together at this year's Emmy� Awards Gala (a $5,000 value). 

       Steve Padis Jewelry is one of the most trusted names in the industry, specializing in fine jewelry for nearly 40 years. The family-owned and operated jeweler has three locations in the San Francisco Bay Area.

       Steve Padis Jewelry is known for its high quality, responsibly sourced diamonds. They are among a select group of top-level jewelers in America chosen by De Beers to sell its exclusive Forevermark diamonds. Forevermark is a diamond brand produced by De Beers, the world's largest mining company and distributor of diamonds. Each Forevermark diamond comes with a promise, that it is beautiful, rare and responsibly sourced.

       The Padis family also owns the Napa Valley Padis Vineyards, offering three wines made by renowned winemaker Robert Foley. They all share the trademark Foley style: big flavors, aromatic density and balance. The double magnum Padis Cabernet Sauvignon to be auctioned off at this year's gala is rich with dark berry flavors and is crafted to be enjoyed young, but also has the structure to age gracefully for patient connoisseurs.

 Anthony August Vineyard, Napa Valley is in the Oak Knoll AVA, the newest appellation in the Valley, producing delicious Merlots, Pinot Noirs, Chardonnays, and most notably, Cabernet Sauvignon, from the fewest number of wineries per square mile than any other appellation in the region. The mixture of hot sunny days and cool summer nights, fed by moist air off the San Pablo Bay, creates a unique climate for grape growing and wine production that rivals the Carneros region or Up Valley appellations in offering excellent growing conditions for Cabernet Sauvignon.

       2008 Proprietary Redis crafted in the same style, perhaps a little richer on the palate than its 2007 predecessor. The spicy character of the Zinfandel and floral and berry tones of the Cabernet Franc comes through on the nose. On the palate, the Zinfandel contributes a nice acidity, while the Cabernet Sauvignon maintains a nice balanced midpalate. The wine is well balanced with a moderate acidity, medium weight tannins and long finish.

  

  

          In a career at San Francisco's KGO-TV ABC 7 that spanned four decades, it could be said that Don Sanchez nearly was everything in front of the camera.

        At the Emmy� Awards Gala June 15, Sanchez will be honored with the prestigious 2013 Governors

Don Sanchez 2013 Governors Award Honoree

Award from the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

        When the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognizes excellence that evening, it will also recognize the three Bay Area television veterans for their talent and contributions to the Chapter.

      Belva Davis, longtime Bay Area anchor and reporter and the first African American anchorwoman on the West Coast, is being honored by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) with the 2013 John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award.

       Non-commercial KCSM-TV in San Mateo will be shutting down next year after 49 years of broadcasting.
       The San Mateo County Community College District, which has been losing about $1 million a year on the station, agreed last month to accept a bid from LocusPoint Networks, which wants to sell off the station's spectrum space at an FCC auction next year.

       The deal, which was outlined at a meeting of the college district's board, calls for LocusPoint to pay up to $3.6 million over the next four years in annual installments of $900,000.
       The FCC is planning late next year to conduct an auction for TV spectrum space that broadcasters aren't using. Companies like Sprint, Nextel, AT&T and Google are expected to buy the bandwidth, yielding a windfall for broadcasters who want to give up some or all of their spectrum space.
       LocusPoint, owned by the private equity firm Blackstone Group, has bought stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Tampa Bay in anticipation of the auction.
       Under the deal, LocusPoint would get 36.5% of the auction proceeds for KCSM's bandwidth and the rest would go to the college district.
       The college district received four bids for the station and a team of district employees recommended the LocusPoint offer.
       The college district withheld the amounts of the bids prior to last month's meeting, and only announced the numbers after the public hearing.
       Former KRON 4 reporter Henry Tenenbaum, speaking during the public hearing, asked why the public was not able to see the offers and the bid amounts before the meeting.
       "I'm concerned about the absolute lack of transparency," he said. "This issue is not going to go away."
       Tracy Rosenberg, executive director of Media Alliance, an Oakland-based social justice and media advocacy nonprofit, also took issue with the secrecy surrounding the bids.
       "This asset belongs to the public. You ask them first. What you're doing is wrong," Rosenberg said.
       She said there were more lucrative options that would allow the noncommercial station to continue broadcasting.
       District board member Dave Mandelkern said that the district's job is to educate students, not run a TV station.

      

        Some 20 years ago, I had an opportunity to lunch with the one and only Dave McElhatton. It was for a project I was working on at the time. Back then, McElhatton was approaching his 20^thyear as lead anchor at San Francisco's KPIX, and I was working on the morning show across the Bay at KTVU in Oakland.

 

The following four awards are memorial scholarships:

     Three additional scholarships are also available:

The Rigo Chacon Reporting Scholarship; and for a third year, two $3,000 scholarships, underwritten by George Lang of The Big Picture, will be awarded to one outstanding graduate and one undergraduate student.

     These scholarships memorialize two former Bay Area television journalists who worked with Lang at KGO-TV: Jerry Jensen, who co-anchored News Scene from 1969 until his death in 1984; and Steve Davis, an anchor/reporter for more than 20 years in the 1970s and 1980s.

     Scholarship applicants must be actively engaged in a collegiate-level curriculum in one or more areas of the television industry. They must attend a college in northern California (Visalia to the

Oregon border), Hawaii, or Reno, Nevada.

     All entrants submit a sample of their work, their transcripts, an essay, and a letter of recommendation from their professor or dean. All entries are screened by a panel of judges culled from the NATAS Education Committee. The committee meets to decide the recipient in each category. The committee can either award, or not award, a scholarship for each category.

    In 2012, there were many outstanding entries; five out of seven possible scholarships were awarded to students.

    There were no outstanding entrants for the the Kenneth Sloat Langly Writing Scholarship or

Shelly Fay Videography Scholarship.

    If you know of any qualified college students, please let them know about these scholarships, or share the following link: http://emmysf.tv/graduate.html

    The scholarships will be presented during this year's Gold & Silver Circle Induction on October 19 at the Parc 55 San Francisco Wyndham Hotel.

    The Chapter awards the scholarships to encourage individuals who demonstrate leadership and talent in advancing the artistic, cultural, educational and technical qualities of television.

  

        Viviana Paez is getting a promotion at KUVS Univision 19.

      She joins Jairo Diaz Pedraza as co-anchor Noticias 19 a las Seis and Noticias 19 a las Once.

Paez graduated with honors from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton with a degree in communications and obtained her masters degree in journalism from Miami University. She also studied French at the Sorbonne University in Paris.

      "We are excited to have Viviana Paez as our new evening anchor and we are thrilled to see her move up in our organization, as we strive to promote from within", says Steve Stuck, vice president and general manager and director of sales.

      "Viviana is involved in our community and dedicated to serving Hispanics in Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto and surrounding areas."

      "Viviana P�ez is an excellent communicator with outstanding and extensive experience in journalism. She has demonstrated professionalism, energy and creativity in our morning show, A Primera Hora, says news director Pablo Iacub. "Viviana will bring a new dynamic to our broadcast."

      The Emmy Award-winning Paez joined Univision as an intern for the Network Despierta America program, and in 2004, was hired by Univision 23 Miami. In 2005, she was promoted as anchor of the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. Univision News in New Mexico. In 2007, Paez joined the Univision 19 team as weather anchor and news reporter for the A Primera Hora morning show.

 

  

  

      Off Camera, the monthly publication of the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, has been honored with a first-place award by the San Francisco Peninsula Press Club.

 

        The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners of the Jim McKay and Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship.

        In addition, a special one-time scholarship honoring Dr. Norman Felsenthal, chair emeritus of NATAS' Scholarship program since its inception, was also announced.

        The Jim McKay Memorial Scholarship, now in its fourth year, honors sportscaster Jim McKay, perhaps best known as the longtime host of Wide World of Sports on ABC. This is the inaugural year of the Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarship, honoring longtime CBS newsman Mike Wallace.

        These scholarships are available to outstanding high school seniors from across the United States who intend to pursue communications-related baccalaureate degrees in pursuit of a career in any aspect of the television industry. Each of this year's scholarships is awarded to a college-bound applicant who demonstrates exceptional talent as a creator of video programming as well as outstanding academic achievement and potential for success in a highly competitive profession.   

        "The Jim McKay and Mike Wallace Memorial Scholarships reflect the best traditions of NATAS, honoring the contributions of two great broadcasters as well as the creative and academic achievements of a new generation," says Adam Sharp, chairperson of the NATAS Scholarship Committee.

        "This year was incredibly competitive, easily the most competitive group of finalists we have reviewed in many years. I was particularly delighted that NATAS helped honor this tremendous class of applicants with the creation of a one-time $5,000 scholarship in honor of Dr. Norman Felsenthal's great service to the Scholarship Committee as its founding chair these past 18 years."  

        None of the scholarship winners were from the regions represented by the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

     

Entries were submitted by high schools with media programs in the Chapter's region, Visalia to the Oregon border including Reno, Nevada and Hawaii, for work performed during the 2012-13 school year. The "Award for Excellence," an engraved glass pillar, is presented to the school with each student recipient receiving a certificate. The "Award for Merit" student receives a certificate.

Seven Pillars for Excellence and ten Certificates for Merit were awarded. The Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media, Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley received a total of six awards; Wildcat Productions, WCTV 19, Whitney High School, Rocklin, three. Single recipients included: Flying Pepper Productions, Analy High School, Sebastopol; Maui High School, HI; Media Enterprise Alliance at KDOL-TV, Oakland Unified School District; Eye of the Tiger, Roseville High School; GetSports Focus.com, Saint Francis High School, Mountain View; ArtQuest @ Santa Rosa High School; K9 Studios, Sheldon High School, Sacramento; Searider Productions, Waianae High School, Oahu. HI.

Steve Shlisky, of KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland who serves as the Chapter's education chairperson, is excited to see new schools participating this year.

"One of our biggest challenges is finding and contacting high schools with media programs, Shlisky says. "This year's entries were among the best we have ever judged."

 

The complete list of winners follows:

 

NEWSCAST

Searider Productions, Waianae High School, "Searider News," Jamie Lee Evangelista, Moana Faumuina, Producers; Shayla Ader, Claire Agmata, Charlemaine Blue, Shayla Bradley, Brandee Burgess, Crystal Cebedo, Daynalynn Chabotte, Jesa Mae Delos Reyes, Devn Desha Vierra, Gary Domingo Oka, Thomas Dupa, Maelani Eder, Kahunui Foster, Jaysha Hampp-Iriarte, Tressa Hoppe, Faron Jove, Kerstye Kau, Keani Malo, Kayla Manuel, Mahelani Nieto Lopes, Monique Paogofie, Autumn Pereira, Krystian Pi, Tancy Lee Smith Chee, Dezalynn Tiell, Diamond Tuisano, News Staff.

Eye of the Tiger, Roseville High School, "TigerCast News," Daniel Wetter, News Director/ Anchor; Meghan Julin, Anchor; Robbie Short, Reporter; Megan Blumm, Switcher/CG Operator; Danii Ulle, Audio; Haylee Sex, Sarah Looper, Teleprompter Operators; Bobby Ritter, Adviser.

Award for Merit

WCTV19, Whitney High School, "Unleashed," Alina Barragan, Alex Espinosa, Taylor Hines, Shelbi Meyer, Samantha Willis, Reporters; Michael Abshear, Sophie Butler, Ashley Carstons, Justin Conti, Eric Franklin, Natasha Gose, Kelsey Lake, Brayde Leedy, Hunter Lemay, Sydney Mendoza, Rachel Peters, Hunter Pietrzak, Daniel Schetter, Jordan Traynor, Kalli Turner, Frankie Wenson, Photographers.

 

MUSIC VIDEO

Award for Excellence

 Flying Pepper Productions, Analy High School, "Phat Brahms," Max Brickey, Producer/Special Effects; Miles Pepper, Director/Writer/Editor; Sean Lea, Assoaite Producer; Nali Seeber, Writer; Sarah Diamond, Actress; Nick Rose, Actor.

ArtQuest, Santa Rosa High School, "Priceless," Angelo Iervolino, Filmmaker/Editor.

Award for Merit

K9 Studios, Sheldon High School, "Dadvid Garibaldi and his CMYKs," Lauren Morgan, Producer; Tyler Castelo, Matthew Klein, Directors;Andres Chavez, Editor; Kate Allen, Animator/Character Design; Cassis Cancilla, Paris Draper, Treh Faraj, Heather Fletcher, Nathan Foley, Amber Houseman, Stanley Smith, Kyle Spencer, Animators; Alexander Winters, Background/3D; Victoria Ibarra, Ink and Paint; Daniel Hargrove, Sound Design. 

 

LONG FORM-NON-FICTION

Award for Excellence

Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media, Tamalpais High School, "Elvia," Sophia Ellingson, Sam Gates, Daniella Hunt, Alex Takeshita.

Award for Merit

Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media, Tamalpais High School, "American Horsepower," Adrian Duann, Brent Ferguson, Lyndsey Romjue, Elliott Siu.

     Award for Merit

     Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media, Tamalpais High School,

     "Where Have All The Cellos Gone?," Hana Dahl, Daniel Green, Cella Wright, 

     Hannah Yerington.

 

SPORTS

Award for Merit

WCTV19, Whitney High School, "CAL Championship Game," Spencer Elmore, Director; Matt Judy, Play-by-Play; Justin Chandler, Color Commentator; Frankie Wenson, Sideline; Brady Bellini, Kyle Branderhors, Brandon Rogers, Cameras; Zach Bennett, Audio/Social Media Reporter; Kolton Kruzic, Hunter Pietrzak, Grips.

 

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCMENT (PSA)

Award for Excellence

Maui High School, "Notice a Difference?," Jessica Green, Writer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor.

Award for Merit

WCTV19, Whitney High School, "The Wrong Choice," Eric Franklin, Daniel Schetter,

 

PUBLIC AFFAIRS/COMMUNITY SERVICE

Award for Excellence: Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media, Tamalpais High School, "A Special Education," Alexis Agoustari, Stephanie Lee, Kayne Nau, Mad� Sandrolini.

Award for Merit: Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media, Tamalpais High School, "Art is Power," Sean Eghtessadi, Ryan O'Boyle, Elliott Siu, Riley Sykes.

 

CRAFTS

ANIMATION/GRAPHICS/SPECIAL EFFECTS

Award for Excellence

Media Enterprise Alliance at KDOL-TV, Oakland Unified School District, "Wake Up Call: Time to ACT on Climate Change," Guayo Cartagena, Kevin Gonzalez, Lawrence Newsome, Francisco Palma, Karen Perez, Dontae Sharp, Pancho Toscano, Hector Verduzco, Samaiyah Zareef-Mustafa, Producers.

 

PHOTOGRAPHY

Award for Merit

Academy of Integrated Humanities and New Media, Tamalpais High School, "Monkey Street," Jack Brown, Francesca Chiliorio, Erika Witt, Emmanuella Zachariou.

 

TALENT

Award for Merit

GetSportsFocus.com, Saint Francis High School, "Alex Simon Talent Composite," Alex Simon, Sports Reporter

  

  

  

     Marking a first for a broadcast network, ABC has launched its Watch ABC app to allow pay-TV subscribers access to live, linear streaming of viewers' local ABC station programming -- including network, local and syndicated content -- starting in the New York and Philadelphia markets.

     The service first launched as a free preview May 14 to coincide with the network's upfront presentation in New York. It will be available to all viewers through a special open access preview with WABC-TV and WPVI through the end of June.

     After that, it will be available to authenticated subscribers in New York and Philadelphia, with Disney-ABC having agreements in place for the authenticated product with Comcast, Cablevision, Cox Communications, Charter Communications, Midcontinent Communications and AT&T U-verse.

     The app will roll out in the other six ABC-owned station markets this summer -- Los Angeles (KABC-TV), Chicago (WLS-TV), San Francisco (KGO-TV), Houston (KTRK-TV), Raleigh-Durham (WTVD-TV) and Fresno (KFSN-TV).

     The network has also reached an agreement with Hearst Television to launch the service in their 13 station markets, which include Boston, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and Milwaukee, in the coming months. Deals with other station groups are expected to be announced prior to the start of the fall season."Watch ABC is a game-changing innovation for the broadcast television industry," says Anne Sweeney, co-chairperson, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney/ABC Television Group.

     The Watch ABC app will include live streaming of ABC shows and local programming plus on demand content currently found on the ABC Full-Episode Player and app. The live streams will carry different ads but the same ad break lengths, according to an ABC spokesperson.

     The company launched similar services for Disney Channel, Disney XD and Disney Junior in June 2012, as well as WatchESPN. The company plans to roll out a Watch ABC Family app in early 2014.

     U.S. cable companies suffered their first net annual subscriber loss in 2012, according to research firm Leichtman Research Group, Inc. 
     Satellite services (e.g. DirecTV, DISH) and fiber services from AT&T and Verizon experienced gains, but their growth slowed.
     The 13 largest multi-channel video providers in the U.S., which represent about 94 percent of the market, added approximately 195,000 net additional video subscribers in the first quarter of 2013. However, quarterly net multichannel video gains in that quarter were down compared to the first quarters of 2012 and 2011, which had a a net gain of about 445,000 and 470,000, respectively. 
     These gains were not enough to offset subscriber losses from the second and third quarters of 2012, leaving major providers with a net loss of about 80,000 subscribers over the past year, compared to a net gain of about 380,000 over 2011.
     The top multichannel video providers account for about 94.9 million subscribers. The top nine cable companies have over 51 million video subscribers, satellite TV companies have 34.2 million subscribers, and top telephone companies have nearly 9.7 million.
     The top nine cable companies lost about 264,000 video subscribers in the first quarter of 2013, and about a 1,560,000 over the course of the past year. The year prior saw a loss of about 1,535,000 subscribers.
     The top telephone providers added 401,000 video subscribers in the first quarter of 2013, and 1,319,000 over the past year. These companies had 1,475,000 net additions over the prior year.
     Satellite TV providers added 57,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2013 -- that is the fewest in any first quarter over the past decade. These providers added 160,000 subscribers over the past year; the prior year, they experienced a gain of 439,000.
     "First-time ever annual industry-wide losses reflect a combination of a saturated market, an increased focus from providers on acquiring higher-value subscribers, and some consumers opting for a lower-cost mixture of over-the-air TV, Netflix and other over-the-top viewing options," says Bruce Leichtman, president and principal analyst for Leichtman Research Group, Inc. "The traditionally weak second quarter is sure to show additional net subscriber losses, but it is unlikely that these current modest industry losses are a harbinger of a more dramatic near-term market decline."