Jimmy Fallon's Zilla
By Jon Accarrino & Ramona Schindelheim
Jimmy Fallon is roaming around the NBC Universal CES booth with a wild multi-cam backpack called the "Zilla." It kind of looks like Robocop exploded and someone attached a bunch of cameras to the pieces. As you can see in the video below, Jimmy sarcastically calls this confangled contraption a "Top Secret Spy Cam" because it's so small and undetectable that no one will notice it.
This top secret Manned Mobile Studio Halo (MMSH) was unveiled by NBC Universal Field and Satellite Operations at CES today.
The visionaries behind Zilla, Stacy Brady and John Kautz, had to give the MMSH a new nickname today, "JimZilla," as Jimmy Fallon took it for a test drive (see video attached).
Zilla is a COFDM microwave with on board switcher and 3 cameras; one operator POV and two robotic cameras controlled by the operator. Zilla weighs less than 20 lbs and adds to the creative content gathering arsenal of NBC Universal.
The Hak5 crew definitely noticed it. They were in the middle of a production meeting for their show later today in the NBCU booth when Jimmy brought a horde of fans by the Sharp NBC Universal Multimedia Lounge.



