The Big Shmooze

November 1, 2006 - 2:50 PM by Allison

Sagi reports in from the Israel TV and Film Festival in pastoral and now Katyusha-free Rosh Pina, where producers, directors, celebrities and technology geeks leave their Tel Aviv espresso bars and go sit in espresso bars in the north of the country. Like the rest of the world, things are shifting rapidly here from old media to new media and people in the industry are still reeling a bit. But like the rest of the world, they won’t have any choice but to keep up. Sagi forsees this annual event as getting geekier and geekier.

Over the last few years this event was all about the broadcasters, media figures, and Celebes. This year the “Geeks” (i.e. us technology folks) managed to infiltrate the ranks. My Prediction:

In the coming years the “Geeks” will become more significant in this event (and others of its kind around the world), as the media industry and new media technologies continue to converge.

It seems the crowd is slowly becoming aware to this shift. But they (Israeli broadcasting and media figures) are still very far from understanding what its all about. For example, when Jeff Pulver spoke about on demand-on the net, and the world of “Roketboom”, blank stares from the audience were easily noticeable

I have a feeling things will move faster than most of the people at the event would like to believe – A lot due to the fact that it (luckily) won’t be under their control

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  1. Mere Rhetoric on Thu, Nov 2nd 2006 4:14 PM

    2. (J)Blog Roundup – 2006-11-02

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