Leading industry awards reveals shortlist of inspirational global women from countries including Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, UK and USA London, UK, 21 October 2021 – Rise, the award-winning advocacy group for women in the broadcast media technology sector, is thrilled to reveal the shortlist for this year’s Rise Awards. The judges saw an outstanding […]
Rise is delighted to announce the pairing up of mentees and mentors for the ScreenSkills Rise Mentoring Programme. This new ScreenSkills Rise Mentoring Programme, funded by ScreenSkills as part of the BFI Future Film Skills programme using funds from the National Lottery, supports Rises’ 2021/22 expansion of its mentoring schemes within the broadcast media technology […]
Adilla Immambocus is Head of Entertainment Production for Gamesys. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Adilla, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role? As Head of Entertainment Production for Gamesys, I manage an awesome internal team […]
Dushi Thangarajah is Vice President of Home Entertainment Operations for EMEA at Deluxe. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Dushi, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role? As Vice President of Home Entertainment Operations […]
Announcing the launch of our 2021 mentoring programme for applications – and who our 2021/22 sponsors are. This year sees the expansion and growth of Rise’s education arm, Rise Up, as well as our fourth annual mentoring scheme in the UK, our second in Singapore and the introduction of our first mentoring programme in North […]
Abigail Hughes is Vice-President Growth EMEA at Premiere Digital. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Abigail, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role? As Vice-President of Growth for Europe, Middle East and Africa Region for […]
Rise is delighted to announce the launch of the Rise Up UTC Mentoring Programme, our first mentoring programme for young women aged 16-18 years, in partnership with University Technical Colleges (UTCs). With a focus on STEM subjects and funded by Government, Rise is partnering with five UTCs, supporting a total of 23 young women across […]
Rise North America’s co-chairs, Meghan Ross and Serena Harris share more about the inspirational women who will be helping to drive Rise’s work in the USA and Canada. “2020 was quite a year. We all experienced quite the rollercoaster of emotions. Except this rollercoaster had gone off the tracks, lost electricity, stalled while you were […]
Hanna Balouka is Head of Sales and Accounts Management for IMES France. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Hanna, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role? I am in charge of implementing and deploying the […]
ackie Howes is the Director of Media Infrastructure Architecture at Discovery. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Jackie, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role? My present job title is Director of Media Infrastructure […]
Rise announced today that its North American chapter, formed earlier in 2020 by Serena Harris, Sales Director at Annex Pro, has appointed Meghan Ross, Director of Global Channel Marketing at EditShare as co-chair. Additionally, Rise North America will be presenting its first event, an ‘In Conversation With’ webinar featuring Sandy Nasseri, CEO of MelroseINC on […]
Jade Kurian is the Co-founder and President of Texas-based file transfer company, latakoo. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Jade, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role? I am the Co-founder & President of […]
Expansion to North American and APAC regions and new board members appointed Rise, the membership organisation for for gender diversity within the broadcast technology sector, is proud to announce that its originally UK based organisation, will also launch in North America and APAC. In addition to the exciting news about global expansion, Rise has appointed […]
Jahlene Joseph is the Technical Consultant at Par Grad. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Jahlene, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role at Par Grad? My current job title is Technical Consultant, it means […]
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Lisa Jarman, Chief of Staff at Datapane shares more about the challenges of achieving gender parity in the broadcasting tech sector – and why #EachForEqual isn’t simply a women’s issue. This year’s theme for International Women’s Day centres around the idea of #EachForEqual and that “an equal world is an enabled […]
Now in its third year, the award-winning mentoring programme is seeking applications for mentees in a variety of broadcasting roles – Rise, the advocate group for gender diversity within the broadcast manufacturing and services sector, launched its third annual mentoring scheme today. The UK based programme will work with 20 mentees from the following sectors of […]
Happy Chhokar is Director of Operations and Business Development at Run VT Ltd. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Happy, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role at Run VT Ltd? The main purpose of my […]
Caroline Ewerton is Head of Operational Delivery at DAZN. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Caroline, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role? As Head of Operational Delivery at DAZN, my role is all […]
Polly Hickling is a course leader for the Media Technology Programme at Solent University. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Polly, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role? I am Course Leader for the […]
Award-winning advocate group for gender diversity within the broadcast manufacturing and services sector Rise, has collaborated with BT Sport, Sky and other industry partners to launch ‘Rise-Up’, a new industry-led schools outreach programme aiming to inspire and educate children about engineering and technology opportunities in the broadcast, media, and entertainment industries. Since its beginning in […]
Lynn Keegan is the Chief Operating Officer at Tyrell. We caught up with her for our In Focus series, which highlights the work of inspirational women from across the sector. Hi Lynn, great to catch up! Could you tell us more about your role at Tyrell? I am the Chief Operations Officer at Tyrell. We’re […]
Superfast 5G mobile networks are promising to transform our personal lives, as well as our professional working practices. The implications, as well as the opportunities that 5G promises will be huge for the broadcasting sector. But will this bring potentially disruptive, revolutionary change, or is it a natural progression for our sector? That was the […]
The Women and Enterprise APPG’s report The Future of Female Entrepreneurship: Pathways to Progress and Nesta’s She Said More report both highlight gender imbalance and recommendations for change. The Future of Female Entrepreneurship: Pathways to Progress Published by The Women and Enterprise All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) in July 2019 The Women and Enterprise All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has published a series of recommendations for […]
