FEED WINTER 2021 – Web

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY Acquisitions, deals and partnerships – we give you an inside look at the latest. Plus, recognition and networks for the people doing the work to make the tech world tick

WOMEN OF THE YEAR JOINT WINNERS

Rise has announced the recipients of its Woman of the Year award. Inga Ruehl from Sky Sports and Borika Vucinic of Bell Media will be taking home the honours. Ruehl’s teams look after the planning and delivery of all home- produced content across 11 live sports channels, with responsibility for studios, post-production staff and facilities – as well as outside broadcast and crewing. Ruehl and her teams led the way for Sky Sports’ introduction of remote production operations – experience which came to the fore during the pandemic. She is a rare example of a female leader in a male-dominated environment, and is passionate about creating a more diverse workforce. Vucinic’s role is to oversee engineering support and operations for the Bell Media network broadcast sites in Montreal and Toronto, and project engineering and network support for television and radio stations across Canada. With 25 years of experience with the Bell team, Vucinic has earned a reputation as an innovator, driving people and process transformation to enable new features, services and cost efficiencies. She is also recognised as a pioneer and a voice for women in communications and technology.

In partnership with virtual studio Moov, Rise has announced a first-of-its-kind international job board for the industry. An award-winning advocacy group for gender diversity, the board aims to encourage a more diversified pool of applications when it comes to engineering, technical and other roles across the industry. The Rise Job Board is open to all companies in the media-tech space and enables recruiters to have easy access to job vacancies. Visit the Rise job board here: risewib.com. THE RISE JOB BOARD

A major deal was signed between CBS Sports Digital and Blackbird, in a huge step by the network towards cloud video production. CBS will be deploying Blackbird via its browser-based solution, removing the requirement to travel MOVING TO THE CLOUD

to a facility – as well as the need to transit material to and from multiple storage environments. CBS Sports Digital editors will have access to live and file-based material for editing and enriching content, with Blackbird’s platform.

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