Category: NewTek

NBA Day of Caring – All Star Weekend 2008

I must admit that when I first heard the NBA was doing a work day as part of the All Star Weekend, I thought it would be a little cheezy.. I imagined that it would be simply a photo op but MAN was I wrong.. What a rewarding way to spend my morning. As we […]

Friday February 15th, 2008 in NewTek, Sports | No Comments »

NBA All-Star – My first big party

I was invited to the NBA All-Star Tip Off reception tonight at the Ritz-Carlton in New Orleans. What an amazing experience. There I was hanging out with the legends of basketball including Bill Walton, Bill Russel, Willis Reed, Spencer Haywood and more. My son Noel even walked up to NBA Commissioner, David Stern and introduced […]

Thursday February 14th, 2008 in NewTek, Sports | No Comments »

Getting Ready for NBA All-Star 2008

I’m excited as I check into my hotel for NBA All-Star Weekend. Fresh on the heels of working with the NBA D-League and their TriCaster Implementation, I was honored with an invitation from Mike Rokosa, NBA VP of Engineering to attend the All-Star Game in New Orleans. Check back this weekend for All-Star updates.

Thursday February 14th, 2008 in NewTek, Sports | No Comments »

NBA D-League delighted with TriCaster for live Webcasts

I’ve been working with the NBA D-Leauge to help deploy TriCaster to all 14 teams, allowing them to live webcast their games to fans worldwide. Check out this Sports Video Group article on the project. http://www.sportsvideo.org/portal/artman/publish/article_9774.shtml

Wednesday February 13th, 2008 in Interview, NewTek, Sports, Technology | No Comments »

CES 2008 – Philip Nelson on Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline

During my recent visit to CES, I was invited to be a guest on the popular Technology talk show, Into Tomorrow with Dave Graveline. I’m looking a bit like a grizzley man in this one. After seeing this webcast, my wife made me get a haircut and trim my goatee. 🙂 Check out the interview […]

Thursday February 7th, 2008 in Interview, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »

My Brush with Greatness – Buzz Aldrin

During the Emmy Awards at CES 2008, I had the rare opportunity to meet the legendary moon walker and american hero, Buzz Aldrin. Check out the picture in the gallery

Friday January 25th, 2008 in NewTek | Comments Off on My Brush with Greatness – Buzz Aldrin

Interview – Dallas Morning News – “Tech puts TV Production in your home”

Tech puts TV production in your home Low-cost systems let almost anyone become a TV producer 12:00 AM CST on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 By ANDREW D. SMITH / The Dallas Morning News asmith@dallasnews.com Video companies say they’re already redefining live entertainment with systems that let anyone with a few thousand bucks produce live television […]

Tuesday January 8th, 2008 in Interview, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »

Interview – San Antonio Express News – “NewTek Scores”

NewTek scores Travis E. Poling EXPRESS-NEWS BUSINESS WRITER Publication Date : January 1, 2008 About 70,000 National Hockey League fans have tickets to the first U.S. regular season outdoor NHL game today. But another revolutionary development is happening behind the scenes for a much larger audience. Thanks to a 10-pound device called the TriCaster from […]

Tuesday January 1st, 2008 in Interview, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »

TriCaster demo from Streaming Media East

This one is a bit old but I ran across it recently on the web.. I was asked to demo TriCaster at Streaming Media East in NYC Enjoy. 🙂

Friday March 23rd, 2007 in Interview, NewTek, Technology | No Comments »