FIRST and National Media

[JVN]

Originally Posted by n0cturnalxb

I guess I went and thought, since Discovery released it on TV (and not on some more tightly-regulated thing like.. a DVD or something), it's like.. as if someone wrote something about first online.

Yes,
This thread is definitely raising some ethical issues most people don't even realize they're dealing with.

Remember folks,
You need the express, written consent of FOX Sports and the NFL to show a taped football game.

John

[dlavery]

Rich et al-

Great idea, and great discussion. Taking this to the next step, people can also write to ABC Entertainment (ABC, Inc. 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521-4551, Phone number: (818) 460-7477) and let them know of your interest in getting the the FIRST Movie completed and on the air. If you really want to make an impression on them, come up with a really great idea for a FIRST story and contact one of the news magazine shows yourself to tell them about the idea (e.g. "20/20" or "Primetime Thursday" - 147 Columbus Ave., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10023 or "Nightline" - 1717 DeSales St. NW, Washington, DC 20036).

And then once they film the story and get ready to broadcast it, let us all know! When it is broadcast, invite the entire team over, stock up on Diet Cokes and Krispy Kremes, cook up ten batches of popcorn, and let everyone watch it on big screen TV together. You can even tape it and save it for your own personal use (and certain educational and research uses that staisfy the criteia for permitted exceptions) - just don't distribute it or re-broadcast it.

-dave

p.s. For anyone that is confused about how we got here, this thread and this post kicked off this whole thing. It started out as a great discussion, but took a right turn in the middle somewhere...

[Rich Wong]

Originally Posted by dlavery

Rich et al-

Great idea, and great discussion. Taking this to the next step, people can also write to ABC Entertainment (ABC, Inc. 500 S. Buena Vista Street, Burbank, CA 91521-4551, Phone number: (818) 460-7477) and let them know of your interest in getting the the FIRST Movie completed and on the air. If you really want to make an impression on them, come up with a really great idea for a FIRST story and contact one of the news magazine shows yourself to tell them about the idea (e.g. "20/20" or "Primetime Thursday" - 147 Columbus Ave., 10th Floor, New York, NY 10023 or "Nightline" - 1717 DeSales St. NW, Washington, DC 20036).

....stock up on Diet Cokes and Krispy Kremes......

Definitely a good campaign idea for this Fall. Hopefully, ABC (or NBC Dataline) will come on board for the January Kickoff and report weekly on their show the progress of selective teams during FRC 6.5 weeks of robot building. Even 5-10 minutes a week of reporting will be great PR. The whole CD/FIRST community will promise to watch their show!
1000 teams can translate to a large viewing audience!!!!
I'll even watch the commercials too.

(BTW Dave- Diet coke & Krispy Kreme; an oxymoron?)