Uncle Toad’s Selected as Official Production Partner for Natural Selection Tour, highlighting the teams creative use of drones for video production. By DRONELIFE Staff Writer Ian M. Crosby Award winning production company Uncle Toad’s Media Group, known for their live sports and entertainment broadcasts, has been selected as the official production partner of the Natural … [Read more...] about Drones for Video Production: Uncle Toad’s Selected as Official Production Partner for Natural Selection Tour
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The GoPro Karma is Letting Pilots Down From Beyond the Grave
GoPro officially exited the drone business in early 2018 after the disastrous launch of the action-cam manufacturer's first and only drone: the GoPro Karma. This week, the company's remaining pilots have been left grounded, struck by a related issue to what was last year dubbed the 'GPS Week Number Rollover' glitch - an avoidable design quirk that effectively prevents older … [Read more...] about The GoPro Karma is Letting Pilots Down From Beyond the Grave
Gunning For GoPro: DJI Launches Osmo Action Camera
Not too long ago DJI played a major role in forcing GoPro out of the consumer drone market. Admittedly, it didn't help that GoPro's Karma drone started falling out of the sky at random, but the timing of the release of the original Mavic Pro was another nail in the coffin for the US action cam manufacturer. DJI is again going toe to toe with GoPro after today's product … [Read more...] about Gunning For GoPro: DJI Launches Osmo Action Camera
This Group Accounts for Almost 80% of the Civil Drones Operated in the World. Here’s Why They’re Worried About the EU Drone Rulebook
The Drone Manufacturers Alliance Europe (DMAE) accounts for almost 80% of the civil drones operated in the world today, including DJI, GoPro, Parrot and senseFly (Parrot Group). And they're worried about the first EU drone rulebook. “DMAE applauds the effort put forward by EASA to finalise Europe’s first common rulebook for drones. This is an important step so the … [Read more...] about This Group Accounts for Almost 80% of the Civil Drones Operated in the World. Here’s Why They’re Worried About the EU Drone Rulebook
“Aerial Market Untenable”: No More GoPro Drones
In not altogether surprising news, GoPro has just announced that they are out of the drone business. In an earnings report today, GoPro said that the Karma drone would be the last it would make. The company announced significant layoffs a few days ago: the layoffs will bring the workforce down to under 1000 and CEO Nicholas Woodman will take a paycut to $1 as the company … [Read more...] about “Aerial Market Untenable”: No More GoPro Drones
