Tekzilla

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hosting = Patrick Norton
Veronica Belmont

Former:
Jessica Corbin
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updates = Saturday 12PM EST
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began = September 28, 2007
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genre = Video podcast, Tech Related Projects
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provider = Revision3
url = [http://revision3.com/tekzilla revision3.com/tekzilla]

"Tekzilla" is a weekly video podcast produced by Revision3, currently hosted by Patrick Norton and from April 2008 Veronica Belmont alongside specialist guests, usually Revision3 staff and producers. Tekzilla is released every Saturday. For the first 14 episodes of Tekzilla, Patrick's co-host Jessica Corbin who made a guest appearance on episode 16 confirming she has left Tekzilla.

Format

Episode 27 marked the birth of the new format, switching from a general technology show to a fully viewer question based show. Each episode starts with a brief rundown of elements of the episode followed by sponsors. After a short title sequence the hosts introduce themselves and talk about events that happened to them and events that are coming up before moving onto questions. It has become a common trait of the show to have special guests to answer specialist questions the hosts may not be able to provide answers for. Between episodes 15 and 27 there were guest co-hosts for each show. Veronica Belmont joined the crew as co-host starting with episode 28. Episode 29 revealed a new table which gives both Patrick and Veronica equal working space.

et

The Tekzilla set is a pretend brick wall with a mounted flat screen television from Vizio. Initially intended to be a temporary set whilst the Revision3 studios were built it has been used as the proper set in all episodes so far. Serafina, Tekzilla's PA, recently wrote of the set, "The brick wall, though, might change. I think everyone (including us here) is kind of getting tired of it." [ [http://revision3.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20476 Tekzilla would be perfect if... - Revision3 Forums ] ]

Guest Presenters

For 12 weeks during 2008 guest presenters took over from Jessica after she moved on from the show.

It was announced on April 09 2008 that the show's former guest host Veronica Belmont - former host of Mahalo Daily - will take over co-hosting role on the 11th April 2008.

Tekzilla Daily

Tekzilla Daily is a daily vidcast made by the cast and crew of Tekzilla. Tekzilla Daily episodes are generally 1 minute to 3 minutes long, each episode features a different tech tip. Tekzilla Daily has primarily been hosted by Patrick Norton; Veronica Belmont, however, has also made appearances. Tekzilla Daily consists of various technology tips presented one per day ("e.g.", Securing Gmail, Secure Online shopping, Mac OS X Auto-Shutdown)

ponsors

Instead of displaying advertisement spots in the show, the two hosts read a short segment given to them by the sponsors for each episode.

Current Sponsors:
* Netflix
* [http://www.domain.com/ Domain.com (Replaced GoDaddy in Episode 15)]
* Drobo
* Team Fortress 2
* [http://www.dnsstuff.com/ DNS Stuff]
* [http://www.tradepub.com/ TradePub]
* [http://www.gotomeeting.com/ Go To Meeting]
* [http://DoSomethingAmazing.com/ Unites States Air Force]

References

*Tekzilla weekly vidcast, http://www.revision3.com/tekzilla. Retrieved on 2008-01-10
*http://www.revision3.com/tekzilla, Tekzilla on Revision3. Retrieved on 2008-01-01
*http://www.revision3.com/advertise, Advertise with Revision3. Retrieved on 2008-01-01
*http://www.revision3.com/about, About Revision3. Retrieved on 2008-01-01

External links

* [http://revision3.com/tekzilla "Tekzilla" Homepage]
* [http://revision3.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=26 Official "Tekzilla" forums]
* [http://revision3.com/ Revision3]