Welcome to the Alan Smithee Podcast in which hosts Scott Simmons, Katie Hinsen & Michael Kammes talk about the latest news in production, post production, entertainment, tech and beyond. In this episode the gang chat about the upcoming NAB convention, industry trends, including the ongoing integration of AI into production workflows, a few big news items and, a fun discussion about the many myths that plague post production chat rooms. And of course, there’s a bunch of really cool things to get excited about.

Show notes:

Show Notes:

NAB related links:

https://www.nabshow.com/

https://nab25.mapyourshow.com/8_0/sessions/#/searchtype/sessiontrack/search/SMPTE%20Future%20of%20Cinema/show/all

https://www.nabshow.com/las-vegas/conferences-and-workshops/postproduction-world/

Village Roadshow

https://deadline.com/2025/03/village-roadshown-chapter-11-bankruptcy-warner-bros-arbitration-1236328231/

Apple TV + losing a billion

https://www.theverge.com/news/633591/apple-tv-plus-losing-1-billion

Apple TV+ Studios Are Finally Coming To Life In Culver City — Here’s What To Expect

https://secretlosangeles.com/apple-tv-studios-culver-city/

OpenAI and Google ask the government to let them train AI on copyrighted content https://www.theverge.com/news/630079/openai-google-copyright-fair-use-exception

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334497/carl-erik-rinsch-netflix-fraud-fbi

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7308126987758313474/

https://www.provideocoalition.com/the-angry-editor-template-search-is-the-new-music-search-time-suck/

https://www.engadget.com/ai/amc-theatres-will-screen-a-swedish-movie-visually-dubbed-with-the-help-of-ai-130022232.html

https://blog.frame.io/2018/09/04/creating-video-for-blind-and-deaf/

One Cool Thing:

Katie: Hot air ballooning

Michael: Adobe Translate and Lip Sync

https://news.adobe.com/news/2025/03/adobe-summit-2025-adobe-ai-platform-unites-creativity-marketing

Scott: https://putonthebrakes.org/