NYC info

MOFTB Hits Productions with Added $300 Fee

by Dan Ochiva April 27, 2010

Up until now, no one has had to pay for a permit since the city established a film office in 1966.

Showbiz Expo-Gems among the Glitter

by Dan Ochiva March 28, 2010

One problem with any of the smaller shows in town is that many are held in the same reliably cacophonous, claustrophobic warren of rooms, the second floor of the Hilton…

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Media Biz

Fighting Job Loss with Cameras

by Dan Ochiva March 26, 2010

Her useful tally appears in her article Fighting Job Loss with Cameras about the city’s new production crafts training program…

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Media Biz

NYC Business Express Offers Biz Tool for Entrepreneurs

by Dan Ochiva February 24, 2010

Mayor Bloomberg and the Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Robert W. Walsh announced today a new online app that is aimed at helping entrepreneurs find the best way through the often-bewildering thicket of city government on up. NYC Business Express offers a one stop, interactive method for identifying and taking advantage of city, state [...]

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Gear & Software

NYC BigApps Winner does AR

by Dan Ochiva February 5, 2010

Even the slick Wayfinder interface won’t keep you from looking silly waving your cellphone around. I cover AR (augmented reality) as it’s a new, useful technology that takes one aspect of VR—the generation of another, parallel world—and brings it down to earth. (And it’s cool.) Or maybe a little lower than down to earth, as [...]

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