NBC Universal at CES

Chilling in the NBC Universal Blogger LoungeI’m sitting here inside the NBCU Blogger Lounge at CES and I gotta say, NBC is really doing something amazing here. They’ve taken one part showing off and two parts new media and combined it into something remarkable.

NBC Universal is giving us space on one of their stages along with the likes of the MSNBC mainstays to do a live show here in 45 minutes. (Tune in at ces.revision3.com at 1 pm PST!) Needless to say, we feel a lot bigger than we actually are. But the fact that NBC as set aside a significant part of their floor space for new media makes me, personally, think of the company in a completely different light. NBC Universal is actually acknowledging the presence of new media independent producers and working with them. This is definitely a first.

So for those of you guys looking for jobs in new media come this summer, send a letter to NBC Universal!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Kelly Sutton is a software engineer at blip.tv in New York City. During his days at Loyola Marymount University , he founded HackCollege. He earned degrees in film production and computer science (and took a fifth year). Kelly started HackCollege in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on Laser Squad Bravo , the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet, Fuck Yeah LMU ; and taught LMU's first Web video class and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure. Kelly started HackCollege in August of 2006. While in school, Kelly was involved in Crimson Circle, a service organization at LMU; played on Laser Squad Bravo , the campus improv team; ran the underground media outlet, Fuck Yeah LMU ; and taught LMU's first Web video class and held odd jobs around campus throughout his tenure. Kelly held some pretty awesome internships throughout college at Automatic Duck , Revision3 and blip.tv. He is quite the weird guy. He sold all of his possessions through his site, Cult of Less . The world apparently cared, along with the BBC, NBC Nightly News, CBC and Der Spiegel. Kelly is also a founder of LayerVault , a simple version control service for designers. Kelly has spoken at a few conferences including South by Southwest , 140conf and Trandmediale . Although he finds the word dirty, Kelly has consulted for many projects including TakePart , a subsidiary of Participant Media ( An Inconvenient Truth , The Cove , Syriana ) and Capture Your Flag . He has also published his very own guide to Berlin. Kelly is @ KellySutton on Twitter. Kelly can be reached at [email protected]

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