Lots of people are talking about DEI and programs designed to improve diversity and inclusion. And while some may argue that skill, rather than culture, skin color, or gender, should be the defining trait to hire against, I argue that it’s not the only important factor. The Benefit of Improving Diversity There are clear economic […]
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This Friday (March 8th) marks International Women’s Day (IWD), a day when people and organizations worldwide reflect on the progress made towards gender equality and the work that still needs to be done. As a woman who started her career in streaming media in 2004, I had a lot to reflect on, especially with this
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An empowered woman starts inside the mind and heart. In my experience, many of the powerful women that I meet don’t know the extent of their gifting and talents. Regardless of your journey or where you are in life, it is the uniqueness of you that ignites the fire to impact the world. And it
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My name is Atika Boulgaz, and I am EVP Global Communication at Viaccess-Orca (VO), managing marketing communication activities as well as corporate and internal communication for the company. I’m working with a skillful team of experts, mainly women. But as we all know, that’s common in marketing, right? Unfortunately, what is also (still) common, is
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You know you don’t have all the skills they’re looking for. OK, so you tick half the boxes – but the other half? You’d be a total impostor if you got that job. They’d find out sooner or later that you’ve never been in charge of P&L, and you’d feel like digging a hole in
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My name is Silvia Botella and I lead the marketing activities at Red Bee Media, a global broadcast and media services company. I have been working with media for two decades now, and during my career I’ve had to overcome two big challenges: being a woman and being a non-native English speaker in a male-dominated
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Sexual orientation has always been to me like having brown or blue eyes: nothing much you can do about it, and it doesn’t harm anyone. Nothing you should need to conceal or must confess. In the company I work for, the country I live in, and in my immediate cultural environment, being gay is no
My name is Maria Rua Aguete and I am Senior Research Director at OMDIA. As I look back on my career, I realize one thing: I got to where I am by speaking loudly…and not taking “no” for an answer. I completed my MBA in Cardiff when I was 21 years old. As a woman
As a black entrepreneur in the media and entertainment space, I feel like I’m in a unique position to really reflect on the state of diversity within the streaming world. Let me start out with my first hat: black entrepreneur. I have seen a lot of progress in the startup ecosystem throughout the last few
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Comprised of members from across the video ecosystem, the Streaming Video Technology Alliance is a global association that works to solve critical streaming video challenges in an effort to improve end-user experience and adoption. The organization focuses on three main activities: first is to educate the industry on challenges, technologies, and trends through informative, publicly-available resources such as whitepapers, articles, and e-books; second is to foster collaboration among different video ecosystem players through working groups, quarterly meetings, and conferences; third is to define solutions for streaming video challenges by producing specifications, best practices, and other technical documentation. For more information, please visit www.svta.org.