Last night the new set of The Colbert Report was unveiled to TV audiences and featured ‘digital columns’ that looked suspiciously like MicroTiles
The Colbert Report [1] airs nightly in the US at 11:30 p.m. and can best be described (for non American readers) as a satire program born out of reaction to the caustic cable news ‘talking heads’ that dominate cable news – it’s part serious programming (interviews with former presidents, pulitzer-prize winners etc) and part raunchy comedy (main focus seems to be on bodily humor). The Colbert Report – along with its predecessor The Daily Show [2] are cultural icons to those leaning to the left of the spectrum and wildly popular with most of the younger generation.
Anyway I digress. According to the MicroTiles ‘Christie MicroTiles Customer Feedback’ video on YouTube that Adrian and AHN pointed me at (which can be seen below) …
Giselle Vogel, Vice President of Video Film Systems who just happen to be the integrator for the re-vamped Colbert Report ‘set’ did comment that they would be installing MicroTiles.
Our bet is that this is the first use of MicroTiles on a TV set but definitely not the last time we will see it used as a TV backdrop during 2010.
1 Comment To "The Colbert Report MicroTiles Backdrop"
#1 Comment By Howard Smith On 5 January 2010 @ 16:10 @715
Manolo
Ah the great Colbert, one of the things I miss from the US. For those who dont know him [3] is a good intro. Its him at a press dinner with George Bush 🙂