Multicultural News

• NAMIC Praises, Prods Cable on Minority Hiring
  The final Diversity Week festivities in New York proved fruitful for the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Conference and The Walter Kaitz Foundation fundraising dinner. The 22nd annual NAMIC Conference drew a record 800 attendees over its Sept. 14-16 conference, and the Kaitz Foundation fundraising dinner on Sept. 17 – the last to be held in New York – raised more than $1.7 million for various cable-industry programs. more » » » 
• Building a More Diverse Workforce
  The cable industry has long strived for diversity, inclusion and multiculturalism in the workplace. But executives agree that over the last year and a half — as the nation followed a historic presidential primary race between an African-American and a woman — operators and networks have ramped up their recruitment and career-building efforts. more » » » 

• How to Sell 'Chocolate'
  Comedy Central will take the marketing message for its upcoming comedy series ‘Chocolate News’ to the streets with an aggressive urban-targeted, multiplatform promotional campaign. The network will roll out an aggressive marketing campaign for the series, starring comedian David Alan Grier, in seven major markets — New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Washington, Detroit and Chicago — more than twice the outlets for most Comedy Central original programming promotions. more » » » 
• MTVTr3s Finds Its 'Words'
  MTVTr3s is putting its own irreverent spin on Hispanic Heritage Month. The network opted for an unusual way to tie in its brand as the alternative channel for younger, bilingual and mostly U.S.-born Latinos with the annual celebration. more » » » 
• IA Media Prez Discusses State Of Economy, Carriage
  Adam Ware joined ImaginAsian Entertainment and became president of IA Media in May. Since then, he has re-positioned the Asian American-targeted ImaginAsian TV network as Asian pop culture-focused iaTV. He has also cut staff and outsourced creative services. A former chief operating officer at UPN and executive vice president of USA Networks, Ware recently spoke to Multichannel News contributor Luis Clemens. more » » » 

• Kaitz Honors Bright House, Scripps, Rep. Baca
  More than 1,300 cable executives gathered at the New York Hilton for the 25th annual Walter Kaitz Foundation fundraising dinner – the last to be held in New York City – where U.S. Rep. Joe Baca (D. Calif.), Bright House Networks and Scripps Networks were honored for their efforts to champion diversity. more » » » 
• Video: Rodgers On Cable's Diversity Progress
  In a video interview, TV One CEO Johnathan Rodgers gives his views about the industry’s diversity efforts both onscreen and behind the camera. more » » » 
• Video: Cable Execs Discuss Industry Diversity Efforts
  Multichannel News captures lively debate over cable’s diversity efforts between DiversityInc. co-founder Luke Visconti, A&E TV Networks CEO Abbe Raven, Comcast Corp. exec. Vice president David Cohen, "CNN Morning Edition" anchor Tony Harris and BET CEO Debra Lee during the NAMIC Conference’s Opening General more » » » 
• Video: CNN's O'Brien On `Black In America' Series
  CNN on-air personality Soledad O'Brien discusses the making of the news network's documentary series "Black In America" during the recent NAMIC Conference in New York. more » » » 
• ESPN Films Sets Spanish-Language Flick
  Legendary Mexican boxer Julio Cesar Chavez will be the subject of ESPN Films’ first ever Spanish-language film debuting Saturday, Sept. 27 on ESPN Deportes and ESPN Classic. more » » » 
• Mexican Music Network Gains U.S Toehold Via Comcast
  Mexican music network TeleRitmo has scored its initial U.S. berth, as part of Comcast’s Spanish-language pack in the Houston market. more » » »