The CBS popular late night chat show, based in New York, has purchased a Polecam, to be used in the production of the show. Tim Kennedy, the show’s Technical Director, saw Polecam at the last NAB in Las Vegas and thought it would be a great asset to the show.  The Letterman Show is known for zany inserts interspersed with the interviews, so the cameras are frequently called on to move quickly around the New York building, shooting out of windows, on the roof, out in the street, with very little time to rig and derig, and often at short notice.

Steffan Hewitt, designer of Polecam and owner of the UK company, got a call from his US distributor Ste-Man, asking if they could urgently borrow the Polecam’s DiveBag, an accessory for underwater shooting, for a demo on the Letterman show, needed urgently for an upcoming segment featuring a water skiing squirrel, to be set up on the road outside the building in a large water- filled tank!  Steffan agreed, the squirrel water skied, and they all got to like the Polecam very much. 

Tim Kennedy said “Polecam is a great addition to our facility. We already have a jib, but it takes over an hour to rig, and is heavy to move around. Polecam allows us much more flexibility when it comes to those last minute production requests. Having seen what the demo rig could do, the director of the show just didn’t want to let it go.”