Avid teams with ABC to give journalism students the opportunity to practice production, editing and distribution aspects of broadcast journalism in their ABC News to Campus program. Read on for more details.

Student teams from leading journalism schools across United States get hands-on experience; create and report news in real-world newsroom environment

Avid® has joined forces with ABC News to participate in ABC News On Campus – an innovative program designed to give tomorrow’s most promising news professionals an opportunity to practice real-world news gathering, production and broadcasting.  ABC News On Campus students capture, produce, edit and distribute news stories in their local area, which are often featured across ABC News programs. This year, students from six universities, including Arizona State University, Syracuse University, University of Florida, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of North Carolina (at Chapel Hill), and University of Texas (at Austin) will learn the inner workings of a newsroom, while using industry-leading solutions like Media Composer® video editing software to create news stories.  The program is in its second year.
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Netflix has announced that it will be teaming with ABC to bring seasons of certain top shows to it’s streaming video service. According to the agreement, Netflix will be streaming the seasons of Lost (1-5), Desperate Housewives (seasons 4 and 5), The Legend of the Seeker (seasons 1 and 2), Grey’s Anatomy (season 5). They will be available through Netflix’s  “Watch Instantly” streaming service. Netflix already streams Disney programs like Hannah Montana and The Wizards of Waverly Place. This is a very interesting time to watch  how streaming video is now taking over the forefront of online rental services like Netflix. With this announcement Netflix wil now be working with ABC, CBS and NBC to stream HD content to it’s subscribers. Will this be the future of the tv industry?