NAB-RTNDA 2005

Jon Klein's NAB keynote about IPTV became a speech about "several key points journalists should follow to aggressively do their jobs in a digital era," TV Week says. "We have to impose standards before it leaves the factory that whatever gets our name on it is the best, most trustworthy content you can have," he said...

> CNN.com anchor Christina Park at a panel discussion liveblogged by Steve Safran: "Christina points out what has become apparent to the rest of us in online video - for all the worrying about news video, people mostly want to watch the waterskiing squirrel or the finger-in-the-chili stories."

> Green Day's single "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is unescapable in Las Vegas, BCBeat says.

> FTVLive complains that RTNDA "needs to come up with some fresh ideas..."

> B&C: "ABC News has purchased 100 Instinct nonlinear editing systems from Avid Technology Inc. for use throughout its news operations."

News from NAB, via Broadcasting & Cable: ABC's "Nightline senior director George Murphy will not be presenting a case study Tuesday morning on using Sony's Vegas nonlinear editing system in the broadcast environment. According to a source at ABC, the network yanked Murphy from the Las Vegas convention gig last week following B&C's inquiries about whether Murphy's public enthusiasm for Sony had turned into a financial conflict of interest...ABC's nixing of Murphy's NAB appearance may not end the story. 'It's an unfortunate situation,' says an ABC insider, 'that is being reviewed as we speak.'"