Tweet

Sun Microsystems Faux Flipper

By BroadCasting & Cable Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/3/2000 7:00:00 PM

Arguably the most arresting sight on the Western Cable Show's exhibition floor last week was Sun Microsystem's giant water tank and dolphin. Booth workers were peppered with complaints, and attendees called county animal control over the 7-foot-long dolphin in a tank about three times the size of a coffin. It took people a while to realize that Flipper was not real, but a rubber animatronic critter controlled by two guys sitting off to the side.

Tweet

Talkback

We would love your feedback!

Post a comment

» View All Talkback Threads

Related Content

• Topics
• Author
• Most Popular Pages

No related content found.

Also by this author

• Technology Leadership Summit 2011

• WGA Announces TV Noms

• Cable Ratings: 'Top Chef' Finale Draws 3.4 Million

• Leo Wolinsky Named Editor of Daily Variety

• CAB: Cable Ad Spending Grows to $18.7B in '09

Also by Staff Staff

Most Popular Pages

No Top Articles

• Resource Center
• Browse Categories
• Browse Companies

Featured Company

• Digital Rapids

  

  Digital Rapids provides market-leading software and hardware solutions, technology and expertise for transforming live and on-demand video to reach wider audiences on the latest viewing platforms more efficiently, more effectively and more profitably. Empowering applications from..more

---

Most Recent Resources

• Modern Entertainment Guides & UIs: Data-Driven Gateways to Conten..
• The New Normal for Promoting Tune-in
• Achieving Operational Freedom in Digital Media Workflows