CBS

We had a meeting with CBS yesterday in Burbank. Erik and I took one of our RED camera's down there to give some of the bigwigs a demo. It was a pretty cool experience! The demo went great and we got to tour a few sets and meet some really cool people. The demo was held in the Tyra Banks Show studio . . . or what used to be the Tyra Banks Studio - she apparently decided it would be cooler to do the show in New York and had it relocated. We got tours of the Price is Right and even cooler, The Young and the Restless =) I'm not a big soap guy but those sets are crazy! Here's a shot - it's tough to see but just look at all the lights!


Everyone was really friendly, even if I didn't have a clue of who they were . . . Anyhow, the day started early with a 7am flight to Burbank.

Here's a shot of me barely awake at the airport. The flight wasn't bad, only about 45 minutes of actual air time before touching down in Burbank. They, of course, screwed up our rental car so we wasted about 50 minutes while they scrambled to find us a car. They finally did and we were off to the studio for our 10am meeting. When we arrived we navigated our way through the line of picketing writers . . . annoying but I do see their point, and headed into the studio.

As I mentioned above, the demo went great and we got to meet some of the top dogs over there. They liked it so much they invited us back at the end of Feb to do it again for some more execs. We're grateful for the opportunity. Here are a few more shots from the trip . . .

Picketing writers . . .

Me and the RED camera


Erik - who apparently is a Ninja now . . .


Me working one of the cameras on The Young and the Restless

I'm stoked about next months meeting - the guys from American Idol are seriously interested in using RED for some of their outdoor stuff. I'll post when it happens but LOST is on now so I'm out.

TB