Jay Ankeney

The annual NAB convention is a chance for edit system manufacturers to float out new ideas, technologies and, ultimately, new products.

Increasingly, it's the video elements only tangentially relevant to passing the pigskin that are becoming the hits of the show.

This has been a pivotal year for the video production industry; fighting a sour economy on one hand and the soaring challenge of HD migration on the other.

This is a story of a lot of pluck, a little luck, and a great deal of talent that is inspirational to every editor.