As a diversity advocate for the cable industry, The Walter Kaitz Foundation has created partnerships among cable member companies to cooperatively encourage high-potential college students, representing multi-ethnic backgrounds, to pursue careers in the cable industry.  The partnership has resulted in a unique, one-day Master Class designed to bring Millennials together with influential executives in the cable industry for a day of learning and coaching.  The purpose of the program is to educate Millennials about the cable industry, expose them to business trends and opportunities and help them to understand how to interpret trends that will shape essential business strategies in the decade ahead.

NAMIC (National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications) has announced the winners of the 16th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards.  Awards were presented on Thursday, April 22 at a luncheon ceremony held at the Beverly Hilton.  Presented annually by NAMIC–Southern California, the NAMIC Vision Awards honor the television industry's creators, networks and business leaders demonstrating a commitment to producing multi-ethnic original programming that reflects the rich diversity of the global viewing audience.  HBO garnered four Vision Awards, topping the 27 networks and producers/distributors vying for honors in 15 award categories.

Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts proudly presents the Eleventh Annual Women in Focus Conference on Friday, April 30, 2010, at the Paul and Daranne Folino Theater in Marion Knott Studios at the University. The panel is designed to encourage dialogue between emerging and established women in the entertainment industry. This year’s conference highlights the television industry and features an afternoon of activities, including panel discussions with leading women in the field, as well as a scholarship presentation and networking mixer. This conference is open to the public.

The Women In Film Foundation’s Film Finishing Fund (WIFF FFF) supports films by, for or about women by providing cash grants of up to $15,000 and in-kind services. The new grant cycle is currently open and WIFF FFF is accepting submissions.

Since the inception of the Fund in 1985, the Foundation has awarded more than $2 million in cash and in-kind services to 170 films ensuring that innovative films can be completed and seen by audiences worldwide.