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The National Association of Broadcasters 2006 conference is history. The event drew 105,000 registrants to Las Vegas, more than last year. There were also 1,400 exhibitors from 300 countries.
The NAB hired Inside Media Networks and Scott Sheppard to produce podcasts of the show. The result was stiff, hard sell, corporate crap, heavy on pushing new gadgets and black boxes, light on buzz or controversy from the seminars, workshops or events.
If the NAB really wanted to position itself as being a new media beacon for broadcasters, it could have Webcast the event, selling daily access passes. Rafat Ali of Paid Content.org has been recording events he covers and making them available for download, but got shut out in Vegas because the organization was selling its own day-after downloads. The NAB was also selling Wi-Fi access on the show floor for $5 an hour.
Lost Remote reported the most popular item in the NAB Store at the show was "Video Blogging and Podcasting."
Internet Age Broadcaster by Peggy Miles and Dean Sakai did well, too.
Take a look at this morning's USA TODAY front page. But be ready to turn away at the ghastly sight.
It looks like the National Enquirer. Ten photos, nine headlines, four bullets, and the masthead.
Graphical design chaos.
