Doug Cavaliere shares the story of how he transformed QSR Systems from a traditional "brick and mortar" rental house into a remote-workflow powerhouse. The discussion centers on the development of "Hidden Pixels," a patented technology architecture which provides security in the age of AI. Doug details the industry's initial skepticism, the subsequent demand sparked by the pandemic, and how his team successfully pitched their "impossible" tech to major studios like Disney, Netflix, and Amazon.

Key Highlights

• The MacBook Air Demo: How Doug proved to major studios that they could edit 9-way multicam remotely over a 4G connection.
• Securing a Patent Category: The journey of creating a new patent category for their security technology despite being told it "had already been done".

• High-Stakes Productions: QSR Systems' work on massive multi-camera reality shows including Survivor, BattleBots, Beastmaster, and Hyperdrive.

• The Post-Pandemic Shift: How the industry’s "rules set in stone" were thrown out the window in 2020, leading to a permanent change in how media is hosted and edited.

• The "Hall Monitor" of Hollywood: A look at the necessity of order and security with AI.

Chapters

(00:00) Introduction

(00:44) Meet Doug Cavaliere: CEO of QSR Systems

(01:33) Transition to Remote Work Pre-Pandemic

(04:25) Pandemic Impact and Remote Editing Boom

(05:46) Challenges and Adaptations in the Industry

(13:27) Hidden Pixels: The Security Innovation

(20:19) NFTs and Provenance

(21:12) Applications of Accountability Engines

(22:04) Challenges in Media and Marketing

(24:12) Hidden Pixels and Security

(25:43) Tech Development and MVPs

(31:10) Electric Bikes and Hobbies

(32:19) Pizza Reviews and Pop Culture

(34:36) Future of Hidden Pixels

This and more in this week's recap of news.

Week 51, Year 2024, Episode 18.

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AI: CAA & YouTube Announce Early-Stage Tool To Help Talent Control Their Likenesses On Video Platform

https://deadline.com/2024/12/ai-deepfakes-actors-youtube-caa-tool-1236208958/

Supreme Court Will Hear TikTok’s Appeal Challenging Ban

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/supreme-court-tiktok-hearing-appeal-ban-1236253348/

Statement on Supreme Court Order to Hear TikTok Ban Case

https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/statement-on-supreme-court-order-to-hear-tiktok-ban-case

Blockchain Innovation Will Put an AI-Powered Internet Back Into Users’ Hands

https://www.wired.com/story/blockchain-open-web-user-data/

Deutsche Bank Tries to Tackle Compliance Hurdles for Public Blockchains

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-18/deutsche-bank-tries-to-tackle-compliance-hurdles-for-public-blockchains

Nielsen Makes Paramount Data Less Easy to Analyze As Measurement Fight Continues

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/nielsen-paramount-tv-ratings-data-measurement-fight-1236256738/

Spotify Slams Drake’s Claim That It ‘Artificially Inflated’ Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ Streams; Drake’s Legal Team Fires Back

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/spotify-slams-drake-claim-inflated-kendrick-lamar-streams-1236256265/

*Databricks Is Raising $10 Billion, in One of the Largest Venture Capital Deals*

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/databricks-funding-venture-capital-deals.html

Slow Ventures is raising $275 million across two new funds: Filings

https://fortune.com/2024/12/18/venture-firm-slow-ventures-sam-lessin-kevin-colleran-will-quist-raising-275-million-two-new-funds-filings/

Matt Garman rose from intern to AWS CEO. Inside the ‘unflappable’ exec’s plan to defend Amazon’s $100 billion profit machine in the age of AI

https://fortune.com/2024/12/19/amazon-aws-matt-garman-profile-ai-nova-bedrock/

Netflix Scores FIFA Women’s World Cup Exclusive U.S. Rights for 2027 and 2031

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/netflix-fifa-womens-world-cup-streaming-1236256174/

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Week 50, Year 2024, Episode 16.

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YouTube “Enhances” Comment Section With AI-Generated Nonsense

https://www.404media.co/youtube-enhances-comment-section-with-ai-generated-nonsense/

YouTube Says Viewers Streamed Over 1 Billion Hours Daily From Their Living Rooms in 2024

https://www.thewrap.com/youtube-living-room-viewership-1-billion-hours-daily-tv-2024/

‘Hot Ones’ Studio Sold by BuzzFeed for $82.5 Million to Soros Fund, Sean Evans and Other Investors

https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/hot-ones-sold-buzzfeed-soros-fund-sean-evans-first-we-feast-investors-1236246915/

Oscars Ceremony to Stream Live on Hulu for the First Time

https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/oscars-hulu-live-stream-abc-1236245317/

Google Unveils Mixed-Reality Headset With Samsung, Taking on Apple and Meta

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/hands-on-test-of-new-android-headset-from-samsung-and-google

Andreessen Crypto Policy Lead Quintenz in Running for CFTC Chair

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-12/andreessen-crypto-policy-lead-quintenz-in-running-for-cftc-chair

US asks court to reject TikTok's bid to stave off law that could ban the app

https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-asks-court-reject-delay-law-that-would-ban-tiktok-2024-12-12/

Marc Benioff says ‘excessive’ AI spending is a ‘race to the bottom’ and he’d rather Salesforce use other companies’ tech | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2024/12/12/marc-benioff-ai-spending-excessive-race-to-the-bottom/

How Claude uses AI to identify new threats

https://www.platformer.news/how-claude-uses-ai-to-identify-new-threats/?ref=platformer-newsletter

WGA Sends Letter to Studios, Urging Lawsuits Against AI Plagiarism: ‘Inaction has Harmed WGA Members’

https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/wga-letter-studios-ai-lawsuits-plagiarism-1236247494/

Circle and Binance Form a Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Global USDC and Crypto Adoption

https://www.binance.com/en/blog/innovation/circle-and-binance-form-a-strategic-partnership-to--accelerate-global-usdc-and-crypto-adoption-8905951797850933210

Introducing Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era

https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-gemini-ai-update-december-2024/

Apple reportedly developing AI server chip with Broadcom

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/11/apple-reportedly-developing-ai-server-chip-with-broadcom/

Trump picks Andrew Ferguson to chair FTC

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-picks-andrew-ferguson-chair-ftc-2024-12-10/

Sora is here

https://openai.com/index/sora-is-here/

Debanking: What you need to know

https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/debanking-explained/

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Producer Brandon Don Heath @brandondonheath

www.VisibleAudioStudios.com @visibleaudiostudios

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