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WIDE ARRAY OF RECIPIENTS AT EMMY 2005
Photos by Robert Mohr © 2005
A First for RITA, Two more for WAYNE, and a Quartet for BRIAN
Those were some of the highlights from the Emmy
2005 show held May 14 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San
Francisco.
In all, 57 entries in 51 categories received Emmy
statues in the three-hour awards show with a “Wild, Wild
West” theme attended by nearly 600 people.
CBS 5 garnered the most Emmys of any station with
nine of its entries winning. The station’s UPN affiliate
picked up an additional two trophies. KRON 4 and NBC
11 were a close second, receiving eight Emmys each.
“The Emmy wins in news, promotion and cultural
affairs certify the broad talent base here at the stations.
I couldn’t be more proud of the team,” said CBS 5
General Manager Ron Longinotti.
KRON’s 9 p.m. newscast received the Emmy for
best evening newscast/large market. The recognition
was a welcome boost for the independent San Francisco
station, which is undergoing layoffs and budget cuts.
MOVING TOWARD
ONE-MAN BANDS
By Bob Goldberger
The news came as a body blow to the staff. When
managers called a station wide meeting to make a “big
announcement,” just about everybody in the KRON
newsroom realized the odds were, they wouldn’t hear
anything good. KRON’s owner, Young Broadcasting Inc.,
had just reported another quarterly loss of $19.4 million
for first quarter of 2005, primarily due to operating
losses at KRON and interest payments on the debt
incurred from YBC’s purchase of the station. But nobody
was prepared to hear that by mid-2006, all reporters
would be expected to shoot, write, and edit their own
stories. continued on page 2
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San Francisco/Northern California Chapter
“The award is a reflection of the hard work, commit-
ment and passion our employees devote to KRON 4 News
in every newscast, every day,” said Mark Antonitis,
KRON’s general manager.
KFSN, the ABC affiliate in Fresno, won the evening
newscast/medium market award. It was the third
straight year the station has picked up that award.
“The best thing about the Emmy is you can’t just
have a one-show wonder,” said Joel Davis, KFSN’s news
director. “Because you have to submit multiple news-
casts, including some from designated news days, it
forces you to keep your game on a high level every
single day.”
KSBW, the NBC affiliate in Salinas, picked up the
Emmy for evening newscast/small market. It was the
second year in a row the station has received the honor.
“(The Emmy) is a reflection of our daily commitment
continued on page 3
EMMY SHOWCASE
THUR., JUNE 30th
This year’s Emmy Showcase Screen-
ing Party is Thursday, June 30th at the
Dolby Labs Screening Room, 100
Potrero Avenue in San Francisco. Don’t
miss this rare chance to see the best TV
programs in Northern California in
Dolby’s glorious theatre!
At 7 p.m., the networking party begins with refresh-
ments and at 7:30 p.m. the show will begin.
First we will see the Best Documentary recipients:
Brian Hackney, Jim Joy and Craig Franklin present
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Along with the lingering question of where this leaves
the station’s trained staff photographers, Ch. 4 staffers
are wondering if their news department can compete in
the nation’s sixth largest market under a 1-man-band
system usually reserved for small market broadcast
stations and 24 hour local cable news operations. In
addition to reporters shooting their own video, writers
and producers will be expected to hit the streets with
the same small digital cameras.
None of the KRON employees who consented to
interviews for this story wanted his or her name used,
for fear of losing their jobs, and news director Chris Lee
did not return phone calls requesting comment.
“They told all the reporters they understand this isn’t
what we signed on for, so they’ll let us out of our con-
tracts, including the non-compete clauses” for other bay
area stations, according to one staffer at the meeting.
But the reporters aren’t all convinced KRON is serious
about shifting to 1-man-bands. Some think it’s a bluff to
scare off some of the higher priced reporters, so the
station can cut its payroll by hiring younger, cheaper
talent. “A lot of us are talking about calling their bluff,”
says one reporter. “But you can bet every one of us was
on the phone that afternoon with our agents or other
news directors, exploring our options.”
It would be easy to demonize KRON for such a move,
but one staffer says for the most part, they understand
the company’s situation. “We’re losing money, and
nothing we do seems to be able to change that. We just
won the Emmy Award for best newscast, we break
stories every night, have exclusive after exclusive, and
get the interviews nobody else can get, but we look at
the ratings the next day and it’s the same story. If you
don’t have people watching your programming, they
don’t watch your news. Quality alone isn’t enough.”
If KRON is serious about this change, and makes it
work, there’s no telling how many other stations will
follow Ch. 4’s lead. With cable and internet taking
bigger and bigger bites out of the advertising pie, every
broadcast station is looking for ways to cut costs. Cross
training and multi-tasking aren’t just catchy slogans.
They’re increasingly the foundation for successful broad-
cast news operations of the future. Who knows, a few
years from now, KRON may not be the only station in
San Francisco using 1-man-bands, just the first.
600 food and beverage
professionals can’t be wrong.
That’s who judged the recent
James Beard Foundation Awards,
and they selected NBC 11’s “In
Wine Country” as the Best Local
Television Food Show. Host Mary Babbitt and producer
Mary Orlin accepted the bronze award medallion at the
gala in New York.
NBC11’s” In Wine Country” airs at 6:30 pm on Sundays
and is a weekly journey to wineries, restaurants, resorts,
homes and gardens from all corners of the wine country.
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DON SHARP MOVES
FROM KRON 4 TO CBS 5
After 36 years at
KRON 4 news, opera-
tions manager Don
Sharp just left to
become the news
operations manager at
KPIX. Don is a bit of a
legend in the bay area
TV news, and was
honored with the NATAS
Governor’s Citation in
2003.
He landed his first
job at Channel 4 in
1969, processing news
film, moving up the
ladder until he eventually supervised 48 employees in
the KRON newsroom.
Among his many groundbreaking accomplishments,
Don received national attention for two “inventions:”
Don designed and helped build a robotic live camera that
fits into a small piston-driven helicopter called a
Robinson. The camera worked remotely from KRON using
a two-way radio system and cell tones. As you were
seeing live pictures you could adjust the “pan and tilt”
and azimuth.
In 1982, Don wrote an article in “Broadcast” maga-
zine about his idea and success using cell phones for IFB.
KRON was the first station to try this successfully.
Since 1983, Don has also served as frequency coordi-
nator for Northern California, approving which stations
can use which microwave frequencies, and settling
frequency disputes between stations.
Good luck to Don in his new job, although with so
many of his former KRON co-workers moving to CBS 5
the last couple of years, he may already feel at home.
10PM NEWS
0PM
DIES IN CHICO
The market’s only 10pm newscast, KCVU Channel 30’s
program in Chico, abruptly ended the last week in April.
KCVU worked out an agreement 16 months ago with rival
station KRCR in Redding to produce a 10pm newscast and
microwave it to Ch. 30 for broadcast. But KRCR General
Manager Sarah Smith says the two stations couldn’t reach
agreement over the terms to continue production, so she
exercised their 90 day out to cancel. Ch. 30 G.M. Doug
Holroyd decided it was counter-productive to promote and
air a newscast that would end in three months, so he pulled
the plug on the show more quickly.
“It was their decision,” says Holroyd. “It wasn’t one I
wanted to see happen.”
Smith says the ratings were weak, and the extra work of
producing two nearly separate news shows with a different
producer and reporter was taxing her staff. She says KCVU
will continue covering Chico for its own newscasts.
And just what replaced the 10:00 news on Ch. 30? “A
Current Affair.” Score one for the tabloids.
 EMMY 2005
Photos by Robert Mohr © 2005
continued from page 1
Following is a complete list of all of the Emmy 2005
to the highest journalistic standards and to the people of
recipients:
the Central Coast each and every day,” said Lawton For Outstanding Achivement In:
Dodd, KSBW news director. NEWS AREAS:
The best daily newscast award went to CBS 5’s
weekday morning news. A half-dozen excited members of
the show took the stage. Weathercaster Roberta
Gonzales, crying as she spoke, stole the spotlight when
she spoke about how hard a morning news team has to
work. She said evening newscasts are a “friggin’ walk in
the park” compared to morning shows, bringing a roar of
KRON KFSN KSBW
laughter from the crowd. EVENING NEWSCAST - LARGE MARKET
The biggest individual winner was KRON’s Brian KRON 4 News at 9 pm, KRON
Hackney, who picked up four statues. In an unprec- Stacy Owen, News Director; Chris Archer, Executive
edented show of versatility, Hackney was awarded Emmy Producer; Curtis Sparrer, Producer; Fred Bushardt,
awards for: on camera talent/anchor; on camera talent/ Director
weather-caster; documentary; and general news report-
ing. EVENING NEWSCAST - MEDIUM MARKET
Also receiving an Emmy Award in the general news Action News Live at 11, KFSN
category was KTVU’s Rita Williams. It was her first win Joel Davis, News Director; Marquese Brown,
after more than two dozen nominations over the years. Producer; Warren Armstrong, Anchor;
Williams jokingly unveiled a 10-foot list of people to thank DeAnna McQueen, Reporter
after she received her statue. She then told the audience
EVENING NEWSCAST - SMALL MARKET
to never give up. She noted the first year she was nomi-
KSBW Action News at Six, KSBW
nated was in 1981, when she held two of the three
Lawton Dodd, News Director; Kelly Duffy, Assistant
nominations in one category and still didn’t win.
News Director; Ben Bamsey, Producer; Dave Mora,
ABC 7’s Wayne Freedman received two more Emmy
Steve Roxier, Directors
awards, bringing his career total to 46. hewon for break-
ing news story and light news feature.
Special tributes were given to KCRA and KXTV in
Sacramento for their 50th anniversaries as well as KDTV
in San Francisco for its 30th anniversary.
The Governors Service Medallion was presented to
KOLO reporter Terri Russell for her work as the
chapter’s vice president for the Reno area. CBS 5 “EARLY EDITION”
DAYSIDE NEWSCAST - LARGE MARKET
Early Edition, KPIX
Angie Sheets, Executive Producer; Kelly Peterson,
Producer; Mike Bruce, Director; Eric Elliott, Weather
Producer; John Kessler, Sydnie Kohara, Anchors;
Roberta Gonzales, Weather; Liza Batallones, Traffic
Reporter

HUDSON VICTOR FRIEDMAN CHACON CLARKE BREAKING NEWS STORY

Walnut Creek Pipe Explosion, KGO
Three $3,000 NATAS scholarships were awarded to Stephanie Adrouny, Executive Producer;
Bay Area college students. Alison Victor of San Fran- Karen Wulferdinger, Producer; Marti Hanzlik,
cisco State was honored for television production. Erin Director; Cheryl Jennings, Anchor; Gary Schultz,
Hudson of Stanford received the scholarship for Technical Director; Paul Zaro, Photographer
videography. Ling Liu of U.C. Berkeley was given the Yosemite Climbers, KGO
chapter’s first scholarship for television reporting, under- Wayne Freedman, Reporter; Paul Zaro, Photographer
written by Rigo Chacon’s Abrazos & Books. continued on page 4
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 AND THE EMMY RECIPIENT IS... continued from page 3
SPORTS SEGMENT
Manute Bol: A True Warrior, FSN Bay Area
Sean Maddison, Producer/Director Of Photography/
Editor; Glen Kuiper, Talent
My Hometown: Chris Webber, KXTV/
Maloof Sports & Entertainment
Craig Amazeen, Producer/Writer; Scott Monaco,
Associate Producer, Chris Murray, Editor

KGO KNTV

CONTINUING COVERAGE
Firefighters Under Fire, KGO
Beth Rimbey, Producer; Lynn R Friedman, Editor
Found Innocent, KNTV
Dana Nachman, Producer; Donald Hardy, Editor

GENERAL NEWS REPORTS MURRAY FSN Bay Area

Weapons of Mass Deception, KRON
Brian Hackney, Producer/Reporter SPORTS PROGRAM
Marines, KTVU The Bay Area Black Aces, FSN Bay Area
Rita Williams, Reporter; Sid Farhang, Photographer Ted Griggs, Executive Producer; Seth Magalaner,
Michael Cerruti, Editor Kevin Eck, Coordinating Producers; Meredith Stroupe,
Associate Producer; Dave Benzer, Director of Photogra-
NEWS FEATURE - LIGHT phy; Dan Friedman, Editor; Rico DeSandre, Associate
Spoons, KGO Producer
Wayne Freedman, Reporter
SPORTS LIVE BROADCAST
NEWS FEATURE - LIGHT - SERIES Rivalry Renewed: Kings vs. Lakers, KXTV/
Attack Ads, KPIX Maloof Sports & Entertainment
Mike Sugerman, Reporter; Tony Welch, Camera/Editor Craig Amazeen, Executive Producer/Producer;
Michael Oddino, Producer/Director
NEWS FEATURE - SERIOUS
Soldier Portraits, KNTV CULTURAL AFFAIRS SEGMENT
Garvin Thomas, Reporter; Donald Hardy, Editor Evening Magazine: Fatty, KPIX
Dave Stoelk, Producer

WELCH THOMAS KSEE

NEWS FEATURE - SERIOUS - SERIES

Three Strikes: A Criminal Crisis, KSEE
Monte Francis, Reporter; Justin C. Davis, HAZEN
George A. Garnica, Photographers
CULTURAL AFFAIRS PROGRAM
SPECIALIZED REPORTS Monterey Bay Aquarium: A California Treasure Turns 20,
Contact 4 Consumer Composite, KRON KPIX
Sandy Lee, Executive Producer; Abby Sterling, Tim Hazen, Producer/Writer/Photographer/Editor
Producer; Joe Ducey, Reporter; Stan Drury,
Photographer; Jim Joy, Editor EDUCATION/INSTRUCTIONAL/INFORMATIONAL SEGMENT
The Hidden Dangers of Paintball, KOVR
NEWS and PROGRAM AREAS:
Kurtis Ming, Reporter
DOCUMENTARY
EDUCATION/INSTRUCTIONAL/INFORMATIONAL PROGRAM
Where the Fault Lies, KRON
Bay Area Backroads: California Ranch, KRON
Brian Hackney, Producer/Reporter; Craig Franklin,
Michael Rosenthal, Producer/Writer
Photographer; Jim Joy, Editor
Bay Area Backroads: Mendocino Coast Adventures, KRON
INVESTIGATIVE REPORT Eunice Louie, Producer
AWOL in the Park, KGO
CHILDREN/YOUTH SEGMENT
Beth Rimbey, Producer/Writer; Lynn R Friedman, Editor
Torment High: The Bully Factor, KTXL
Food Stamp Fraud, KPIX
Thomas Drayton, Reporter; Tom Long, Photographer
John Lobertini, Producer
continued on page 5
Off Camera, June 2005, page 4
 continued from page 4 PUBLIC SERVICE AREA:
CHILDREN/YOUTH PROGRAM
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Out of Bounds, KICU
A Teenager Like Me, KCRA
Brodie Brazil, Host; Ric Shiraki, Chief Videographer
Jay Rudin, Producer/Photographer/Editor
ENTERTAINMENT SEGMENT
PROMOTION AREAS:
S.U.T.N. Parallel/Parallel, KBHK/
Double Dutch Bus Productions PROMOTION NEWS
Sean Becker, Segment Producer/Director From Horror to Hope, KPIX
Samantha Swartz, Senior Promotion Producer;
Pat Cilia, Assistant Design Director

PROMOTION PROGRAM/SPORTS
The Greatest Fights of All Time!, KTXL
Ari Pitchenik, Producer/Writer/Editor

BECKER KQED LEVY

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
Spark!: Fusion, KQED/Bay Area Video Coalition
Pam Rorke Levy, Series Producer; Lori Halloran,
Segment Producer; Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, MONROE SWARTZ CILIA WAGLEY
Segment Producer; Mark Rinehart, Segment Producer/
Camera; Amy Miller, June Mesina Ouellette, PROMOTION IMAGE
Associate Producers Illuminating, KNTV
Jim Monroe, Vice President Creative Services;
CURRENT/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SEGMENT Matthew Winks, Producer
Common Ground: 8 Voices, KCRA/Hearst-Argyle TV Summer Image 04, KPIX
Jay Rudin, Writer/Photographer/Editor Jerry Wagley, Producer; Pat Cilia, Assistant Design
Director
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AREAS (CRAFTS):

ON CAMERA TALENT - ANCHORS

Hackney Composite, KRON
Brian Hackney, Anchor

ON CAMERA TALENT - REPORTERS

Bob on the Loose, KNTV
BAXTER KGO Bob Redell, Reporter
Ramos Composite:, KPIX
CURRENT/PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM Manuel Ramos, Reporter
Beyond the Headlines: Youth & Steroids, KGO
Maggie Baxter, Executive Producer; Mimi Kwan,
Executive Producer/Producer; Laura Kutch, Producer;
Cheryl Jennings, Anchor; Mike Shumann, Reporter;
Marti Hanzlik, Director; Lisa Phelan, Art Director/
Graphics Producer; Steve Kushman, Editor

HACKNEY RAMOS

ON CAMERA TALENT - WEATHERCASTERS

Hackney Composite, KRON
Brian Hackney, Meteorologist

ON CAMERA TALENT - SPORTS

KTVU HAMAN No Nominations
LIVE EVENT PROGRAM ON CAMERA TALENT - SPORTS LIVE EVENT
Gimme the Mike!, KTVU San Francisco Giants Baseball Announcers,
Jim Haman, Executive Producer/Producer; Jeff Green, FSN Bay Area
Director; Deanne Moenster, Design Director; Duane Kuiper, Play-by-Play Talent; Mike Krukow,
Michele J. Harris, Writer; Scott Singer, Music Director; Color Talent; Bip Roberts, Sideline Talent
Robert Erdiakoff, Lighting Director; Steve Shlisky,
Editor; Mark Metzler, Engineer in Charge continued on page 6
Off Camera, June 2005, page 5
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ON CAMERA TALENT - PROGRAM
Tallant Composite, KBWB EDITING - PROGRAM
Shane Tallant, Host Oltz Composite, KNTV
Mark Oltz, Editor
WRITING - NEWS
Sugerman Composite, KPIX AUDIO/SOUND
Mike Sugerman, Writer SBC Park: Behind the Scenes, KNTV
John Chiala, Audio Engineer
WRITING - PROGRAM Coastal Clash, KQED
Young Composite, KITV Paul James Zahnley, Re-Recording Mixer
Pamela Young, Writer

BOLLINI BISHOFF MENDOZA CAHILL NANSEN MOENSTER

ABC
CAMERA NEWS -1 UNLIMITED DIRECTION
Bollini Composite, KFTY A Journey of Purpose - AIDS/Lifecycle 3, KBHK
Chris Bollini, Videographer Gerard Cahill, Director

CAMERA - PROGRAM GRAPHIC DESIGN

Oltz Composite, KNTV Emmy 2004 / The First Time, Peninsula TV 26/
Mark Oltz, Photographer Foster City TV/NATAS
Deanne Moenster, Art Director/Designer;
EDITING NEWS - SAME DAY Gabriel Nansen, Designer
Hi-Tech Shirts, KNTV
Barton Bishoff, Editor 2 3
EDITING NEWS - UNLIMITED
Fight for Boxing, KUVS
Felix N. Mendoza III, Editor

BEHIND THE SCENES STIMSON

4 5 SET DESIGN and/or LIGHTING

The KCRA 3 Experience, KCRA
James Stimson, Designer

MUSICAL COMPOSITION
Coastal Clash, KQED
Chris Shiflett, Composer/Performer

NATAS president Dave Mills talks to executive producer

Stewart Heller. Emmy 2005 producer Keith Sanders 7 Robert Mohr is the official
6
shows off National Emmy Statue
photographer for All NATAS
Events.
All photos are © Robert Mohr
2005
We could only use a small
number for “Off Camera,” check
the rest of his 467 Emmy night
photos at www.emmysf.tv
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EMMY 2005 PHOTO GALLERY
Director Wayne Philippo called the shots from the
remote truck. Emmy guardians Michael Smith and
ON-LINE AT: www.emmysf.tv
Deborah Grant check out the set.
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 EMMY 2005 PARTY TIME
Party photos © Lynn R Friedman 2005 Check out her Photo Gallery at www.emmysf.tv
NEWEST SPORTS WB20’s SHANE TALLANT
ANCHOR...NUBLA! GOES NATIONAL
Christine Nubla is living her
dream. She was recently hired by
Comcast cable to anchor their
SportsNet West new morning news-
cast, “SportsRise.”
Nubla is the first anchor hired by
Comcast SportsNet West, which was
launched in November 2004.
Throughout her years as traffic
anchor and reporter at KNTV and
KRON, Nubla pursued her real professional love and
dream— sports. She co-hosted KICU’s weekly “High
School Sports Focus” the past four years, but the fulltime
sports gig kept eluding her. Until now.
“We’re thrilled to have Christine join our staff,” said
Larry Eldridge, vice president and general manager of
Comcast SportsNet West.
ON THE MOVE
Noelle Walker is a reporter for NBC11’s 11 p.m.
newscast. She comes to NBC11 from their sister station
KNBC in Los Angeles.
CBS 5 has hired Dee Joyce as its new Director of
Marketing and Creative Services for its duopoly with UPN
Bay Area. Joyce comes to San Francisco by way of WWL-
TV in New Orleans, and WDSU-TV in New Orleans.
Matt Ryan, Account Executive, CBS 5 from Fox
Television Sales in New York.
Also moving to KPIX, John Crowley is a new online
producer at CBS 5. Crowley moves from assistant sports
editor at the San Francisco Examiner.
Director/Production Supervisor John Collins moves
from KRON 4 to CBS 5 as a Director. Also moving over is
photographer Bobby Tam.
Back at KRON 4 Julie Luck has been promoted to
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The Bay Area knows him as the
(Emmy winning) co-host of WB20’s
“Daily Mix” show, but viewers around
the country now know Shane Tallant
as one of the entertainment reporters
of the future. Shane was just featured
on a national reality television show on
the Oxygen network called “Making it
Big!” Shane was selected as one of the
three top “up and coming” entertain-
ment reporters in North America.
Shane didn’t walk away with the top prize, which may
only delay his jump to the national stage, but at least for
now, bay area viewers get to continue enjoying Shane
Tallant and Lesley Nagy together on WB20’s “Daily Mix.”
weekend anchor from reporter.
Brian Shields is the new Online News Manager for
KRON4 from Morning Copy Editor, He will also supervise
the station’s web site. Brian is a former Morning Execu-
tive Producer at KXTV-Sacramento.
Jon Brent moves up to weeknight 4pm & 5pm Anchor
and 11pm Reporter at KSEE-TV NBC 24, Fresno., from
Weekend Anchor/Reporter, Also at NBC 24, Wen Tung
was hired as the new morning show producer from
WEEK-TV in Peoria.
Keith Barry, has been named news director at KFTY-
TV Santa Rosa.
Maureen Naylor to anchor KFSN-TV Fresno, from
KNVN-TV Chico.
Jennifer Parker to anchor KTXL-TV Sacramento,
from KOMO-TV Seattle.
 NEXT GENERATION DVDs By Keith Sanders
Both CDs and DVDs
are the same size and
thickness, but that’s
where the similarity
ends. CDs were devel-
oped in 1984 and
became popular as
audio CDs in boom
boxes and CD-ROMs in
personal computers.
Thirteen years later
DVDs (Digital Versatile
Discs) were released in
the U.S. This was the
first media available to
consumers capable of
higher resolutions than
broadcast TV.
The high-quality
playback of a DVD is due
to the relatively large
amount of information
crammed onto the disc. A CD can store 700 megabytes
of data; a DVD can store 4,700 megabytes. The digital
information on a DVD is much more densely packed
(pictured above) so it can output data at over 30 times
the speed of a CD.
FORMAT WARS...
By 2001 two competing DVD formats appeared in
stores: the original DVD-R and the new DVD+R. Oppos-
ing consumer electronics companies supported each
format, reminiscent of the Beta-VHS war in the early
eighties. Again, consumers were left holding the bag as
they were forced to gamble on which format to use. The
good news is that many newer DVD burners and players
can accept both formats.
There’s also good news for TV content creators. The
price of burning a DVD has fallen. Burners are now
available for under $50 and recordable media is less than
50 cents a disk.
Labeling personal DVDs used to mean scribbling the
title with a Sharpie. Printed-paper labels cannot be used
on DVDs because the data is packed so densely (less
than one micron between tracks) that the weight of a
paper label would destabilize the spin. Unlike CDs, labels
must be printed onto the disc so printable DVD media
was needed. It used to be quite expensive but now the
cost has gone down. Printable DVDs can be purchased for
less than 70 cents each in lots of 100. Ink jet DVD
printers also cost much less.
The first dual-layer DVDs are now available. These
discs store almost twice the information (8.4 gigs) as a
conventional DVD because they include two full layers of
data on one side. The player’s laser can re-focus on the
underlying layer when reading it. You’ll need to upgrade
to a dual-layer DVD burner if you want to create your
own. Prices for the burners are well under $100 but the
price of the dual-layer media is still high.
NEEDED: A HIGH DEFINITION DVD...
There’s enough memory on a standard DVD disc to
store a two-hour NTSC movie. A typical bit rate is 4.5
megabytes a second. This is the amount of data that the
DVD has to output to fill your screen at 30 frames per
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second. Can we watch high-definition video on today’s
DVD player? The answer is no. The reason is that a two-
hour movie in HD would use up far more disc space than
the DVD has available. The HD video would also have a
higher data rate than the DVD player is capable of.
HD movies will have to be played on next-generation
DVD players. There are two competing formats (again!).
Toshiba is pushing HD DVD and Sony is promoting Blu-
ray Disc (BD). Both formats use blue laser light to
increase the capacity of a DVD optical disc enough to
hold HD movie content. Several studios support each
format. Promoters behind HD DVD claim that they’ll have
85 movie titles out by the end of the year, including
“Braveheart,” “Batman Begins” and the Harry Potter
series. A high-definition DVD format war may be side-
stepped, as there is some talk of consolidating the two
systems. This would mean further delays for consumers.
AN HD WORKAROUND...
Microsoft’s Windows Media 9 (WMV9) is a video
format that’s extremely efficient at reducing the size of
video files while keeping much of the quality. It can
compress full-screen video, or reduce the file size even
further for e-mails. A 230-megabyte AVI file (60 second
commercial) can be compressed to a 1 megabyte WMV9
file. The frame size would be only 1/8 of the screen but
most of the motion, color and image details remain
intact.
Similar to WMV9, Windows Media HD (WMV HD) will
dramatically compress HD video. The file size of a full-
screen two-hour HD movie can be reduced so much with
this system that it will fit on a standard 4.7 gigabyte
DVD. It’s an interim solution for now since you must
view these HD movies on a fairly new computer with a
good monitor. Your current DVD set top box does not
have the codec for this format.
Sonic Solutions has created a workstation capable of
authoring HD DVDs using WMV HD. DVD Producer HD
was displayed at the NATAS 4th Annual HD Seminar in
February. “DVD Producer HD will allow high-end post
facilities in the Hollywood film community to get involved
with WMV HD in order to create stand-alone titles and
exciting bonus HD content for standard-definition feature
film DVDs” said Rolf Hartley senior Vice President and
General Manager of the Professional Products Group at
Sonic Solutions. Coming out soon is a software only
solution at a lower price point.
We’ll still have to wait a while for the next generation
of stand-alone High definition DVD players. They’ll be
available later this year or early in 2006. Windows Media
HD may be more than just an interim solution however,
because when these DVD players arrive they’ll be able to
play WMN HD along with other HD formats. You can
purchase WMV HD DVDs now or download sample clips
at www.wmvhd.com/.
 BAY AREA NEWS CINEMA CLUB
WARS HEATS UP
By Lynn R Friedman
We had a good run. Fourteen years of free film
CBS 5 has stolen the title from KTVU for most screenings at the Delancey Street Theater in San Fran-
watched newscast in the Bay Area. For the third con- cisco. But it’s over now.
secutive sweeps month, CBS 5 buried its competition at Here’s what happened. Rufus Pederson, working
9pm (KRON), 10pm (KTVU) and 11pm (KNTV, KGO, with the Directors Guild, brought us first run films every
KRON). Nielsen People Meter results from the May month at the Delancey Street Theater. DGA, NATAS &
ratings book show CBS 5 winning the late night newscast AWRT were the current partners in these screenings.
race for the 6th straight sweeps, as well as the crown for The Directors Guild National Office in L.A. has taken
highest rated newscast in any daypart for the third over the control of our local screenings. They have told
consecutive sweeps. us that the studios want their films to be seen only by
“We have the Bay Area’s best staff of talented, hard- DGA members who are eligible to vote for the Directors
working people, and it’s nice to see their work recognized Guild awards.
by growing numbers of viewers,” said Vice President and Personally I feel this plan is short-sighted as many
News Director Dan Rosenheim. NATAS members are directly responsible for the free
The rest of the day, however, still belongs to KTVU advertising these films get on our local telecasts.
and KGO. Ch. 2 continued its dominance in the morn- Eventually we will find another venue for screenings. I
ing, while ABC 7 extended its long winning streak in the will continue sending out my “Lynn’s List” emails.
afternoon and evening. Here are the Nielsen People If you are interested in receiving these screening
Meter ratings for May: notices, please send your email address to
cinemaclub@emmysf.tv. And if you can be of assis-
6 AM 6/6:30 PM tance in finding alternative screenings please contact
KTVU 3.8 KGO 4.0 me.
KGO
KNTV
1.6
1.5
KPIX
KNTV
(6:30 PM) 2.9
2.0 CINEMA CLUB
SPECIAL MON. 6/20
KPIX 1.2 KRON 1.9
KRON 1.1 KTVU 1.7

MIDDAY 9/10/11 PM
KGO (11 AM) 2.6 KPIX (11 PM) 5.9
KPIX (Nooon) 1.8 KTVU (10 PM) 5.2 Written & Directed by:
KTVU (Nooon) 1.6 KNTV (11 PM) 4.1 CRAIG BREWER
KNTV (10 AM) 1.1 KGO (11 PM) 3.6
KRON (9 PM) 3.0 Starring:
5 PM KRON (11 PM) 1.5 TERRENCE HOWARD
KGO 4.5
ANTHONY ANDERSON
KPIX 2.9
KNTV 2.1 TARYN MANNING
KRON 1.7 LUDACRIS
KTVU (New) 1.4
TARAJI HENSEN

EMMY SHOWCASE DJ QUALLS

ISAAC HAYES

Produced by John Singleton (Boyz N’ the Hood,

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KRON’s Earthquakes: Where the Fault Lies. The
documentary will be shown in its entirety. Afterward
there will be a Q&A session with the audience to get
feedback and answer questions. There will be other
surprise screenings and prizes, so don’t miss it!
Admission to this event is FREE to NATAS members, $10
for non-members. R.S.V.P’s are required to attend the
event, please email showcase@emmysf.tv or (650)
341-7786.
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Poetic Justice, Baby Boy) and the Winner of the
Sundance Film Festival, HUSTLE & FLOW is the re-
demptive story of a Memphis street hustler who
struggles to break out of his gritty world to fulfill his life
long dream of becoming a respected rap musician. He
teams up with his middle class friend who is stuck in an
office routine having missed the opportunity of becoming
the music producer he always wanted to be. Together
they have one last chance to follow their dream.
This is an exclusive screening just for NATAS mem-
bers who may bring a guest. Monday, June 20th,
7:30 pm, Delancey Street Screening Room, 600 The
Embarcadero, San Francisco.
 OUR EMMY 2005 PRESENTERS

Rogers
1 KPIX Kessler Russell KOLO Tyson Mathai KNTV Holmes Adams KXTV/KCRA Fitzpatrick

Keller KHSL/KION Speciale Ibarra KFTV/KFSN Osborne Somerville KTVU Griffith Burgmairer Drayton
Jazz Alley KTXL

Wahl KRON Heenan Gomez KDTV Garcia Vu KGO Tyler Lee Allen Miller
Pro Bull Rider

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THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS Emmy
OFFICERS:
David Mills, KPIX, President
Lynn R Friedman, KGO, VP, SF
Keith Sanders, Perfect Pitch TV, VP, SJ
Dan Adams, KXTV, VP, Sacramento
Nancy Osborne, KFSN, VP, Fresno
Terri Russell, KOLO, VP, Reno
Pamela Young, KITV, VP, Hawaii
Terry Lowry, LaCosse Productions, Secretary
NATIONAL TRUSTEES:
Alison Gibson, Media Cool (Education)
Cynthia Zeiden, Zeiden Media (Activities)
GOVERNORS:
Bob Anderson, KBWB
Dan Ashley, KGO
Brian Avery, KTLN
Samuel Belilty, KFTV
John Burgess, KFTY/KVIQ
John Catchings, Catchings & Assoc.
(Museum)
Janice Edwards, KNTV
Ginnelle Elliott, KPIX (Membership)
Deirdre Fitzpatrick, KCRA
Albert Garcia, KUVS
Bob Goldberger, KGO
Stewart Heller, York Productions
Valeria Hernandez, KDTV
Adam Housley, Fox News
Justin Kanno, KOLO
Ronald Louie, KTVU (Alt. Trustee)
SAN FRANCSISCO
NORTHERN C ALIF
CALIF ORNIA
ALIFORNIA
4317 Camden Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94403
(650) 341-7786 F: (650) 372-0279
John Murray, JM Communications
Sharon Navratil, KTVU
John Odell, CCSF
Pam Schoen, KTXL
Josh Springer, KCSM (Publicity)
Javier Valencia, KRON (Awards)
Richard Zanardi, Notre Dame Univ.
COMMITTEE CHAIRS: (not listed above)
Darryl Cohen, Cohen & Cooper (Legal)
Linda Giannecchini, KQED (Museum)
Deanne Moenster, KTVU (Publicity)
James Spalding, Spalding & Co., (Finance)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR:
Darryl R. Compton, NATAS
Off Camera
Bob Goldberger, Editor
Darryl Compton, Publisher
Robert Mohr, Photographer
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