Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity  in the media technology sector, is thrilled to announce the launch of its Rise Up Academy Summer School, the industry’s first free-to-attend event welcoming young students to learn about the technology behind getting great content onto our TVs, tablets or phones, as well as highlighting the possible career opportunities across new technologies such as virtual production.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, is delighted to announce that entries are open for its annual Rise Awards with the introduction of two new categories, Ally of the Year that honours men who have been supportive of striving to achieve gender diversity, and Business Operations of the Year, celebrating an individual who excels at making sure the workforce and clients are happy and the business is reaching its targets.

UK-based technical services provider Timeline Television Ltd has chosen eight Custom Consoles Module-R desks for integration into the newly completed Production Control Rooms 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and Sound Control Room 1.2 at its recently opened Ealing Broadcast Centre.

NEP Worldwide Netherlands has chosen 10 Custom Consoles Module-R technical control desks for a new production facility at its studio headquarters in Hilversum's Media Park. The installation will be deployed primarily for television coverage of sports events at locations around the globe. In addition to the three desks provided for these new suites, Custom Consoles has supplied seven editing desks for use by NEP's post-production team.

Marketron, the leading provider of enterprise revenue management and digital software solutions, today announced the availability of REV Campaign Analysis, a new feature in the Marketron REV sales growth platform for broadcast TV and radio sales professionals.

Custom Consoles announces the completion of Module-R desks for CS Media. The new desks have been integrated into a newly upgraded master control room. A full-service multimedia production company with offices in London and Manchester, CS Media has more than 25 years of experience in creating high-end video content for broadcast, digital media and live streams.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, is excited to announce the pairing up of mentees and mentors for its fifth annual mentoring scheme in the UK, its third in Singapore, its second in North America and the introduction of its first mentoring schemes in North and Central Europe and ANZ.

This week, Amino, the global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, will demonstrate its digital signage and enterprise video expertise at ISE (Fira de Barcelona, 10-13 May, stand: 3P300) - and launch its major new enterprise video product, Amino Orchestrate.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, is pleased to announce its sponsors for 2022/2023, and also the launch of this year’s mentoring schemes. 

Building on the success of last year, 2022 sees the continuous expansion and growth of Rises’ education arm ‘Rise Up Academy’, as well as its fifth annual mentoring scheme in the UK, its third in Singapore, its second in North America and the introduction of its first mentoring scheme in North and Central Europe and ANZ. 

Custom Consoles announces the installation of a Module-R studio control desk and MediaWall multiscreen display support for a newly-completed corporate video production suite at Elekta’s Cornerstone campus in West Sussex. The refinements will allow Elekta to produce high-quality video productions for distribution worldwide.

Avid® (Nasdaq: AVID) today extended the power of its collaborative post production solutions with the introduction of Avid NEXIS | EDGE™. This innovative new software option enables post production teams to work from any location, delivering secure, remote access to media and metadata. Avid NEXIS | EDGE enables team members to access the same proven collaborative workflows relied on by thousands of post production facilities worldwide, without requiring collaborators to be co-located. Avid NEXIS | EDGE will be previewed at the HPA Tech Retreat in Rancho Mirage, California, starting on February 21, 2022.

Cobalt Iron Inc., a leading provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, today announced that it has been granted a patent on its technology for dynamic IT infrastructure optimization in response to cyberthreats. Issued on Dec. 28, 2021, U.S. Patent 11212304 describes new capabilities for Cobalt Iron Compass®, an enterprise SaaS backup platform, whereby Compass will automatically reconfigure IT infrastructure when it detects cyberthreats, such as a ransomware attack. This capability keeps data safe and accessible.

Custom Consoles reports a highly successful year across all five of its main market sectors: broadcast, network operation control, process control, security and transport. The company experienced sustained demand during 2021 from customers in the UK, mainland Europe, the USA, APAC and the Middle East.

SDVI, the leading platform provider for cloud-native media supply chains, today congratulates Hilary Roschke, vice president of strategic operations, for being named head of Americas and chair of board for Rise North America. In this new role for the Rise organization, Roschke will help build relationships and drive North American membership and program expansion.

Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology announces today its newly appointed Head of Americas and Head of Sponsorship for the North American chapter, which was formed in 2020. Rise welcomes Hilary Roschke as Chair of Board and Jill Porubovic as Head of Sponsorship and former Co-Chairs Serena Harris and Meghan Ross will stay on the Board.