East Main Media, a provider of audio/video production, captioning and transcription, postproduction, and content distribution services for organizations in the New York metropolitan area, has opened East Main Studios (EMS) in Little Falls, NJ. EMS is a newly renovated 5,500 square foot facility billed as being the first and only full-service space in the region for hosting business events, broadcasting, delivering live streaming content, and providing professional media production services.
“Whether it’s a product launch or demonstration, board meeting, professional networking event, book signing, podcast with a live audience, or TEDx-type presentation, EMS offers a customizable space with best-in-class audio/video production capabilities,” said Brian Brodeur, EMS founder and president, adding that “all of our tech talent and a/v equipment is in-house and on premises.”
EMS’ features and services include:
–A 2,000 square foot main event room with additional support suites for catering, hair/make-up, and VIP green room.
–An art deco lobby that’s ideal for events, entertaining, or as a film set location
–Event staging, programmable LED lighting, and video displays
–An adjacent control room with a Blackmagic ATEM 4K live production system, providing mutli-cam line-cut editing and live streaming event encoding/broadcasting via Facebook Live, YouTube, and other streaming platforms
–Green screen capture, custom set-building, and extensive professional prop collection
–Availability of HD/UHD Sony, Canon, and Panasonic multi-camera packages
–Professional audio support for live events, podcasting, and in-studio interviews
“East Main Studios is perfectly positioned to bring significant benefits and solutions to its clients,” said David W. Schoner, Jr., associate director of the New Jersey Film Commission. “New Jersey-based TV and film companies, ad agencies and PR firms, pharma manufacturers, and financial companies will have access to a top tier, first of its kind facility in the state with premier production and tech support talent. New York firms will achieve outstanding results at tremendous savings.”
Civil rights groups call on major corporations to stick with DEI programs
A broad group of civil rights organizations called on the CEOs and board members of major companies Thursday to maintain their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that have come under attack online and in lawsuits.
An open letter signed by 19 organizations and directed at the leaders of Fortune 1000 companies said companies that abandon their DEI programs are shirking their fiduciary responsibility to employees, consumers and shareholders.
The civil rights groups included the NAACP, the National Organization for Women, the League of United Latin American Citizens, Asian Americans Advancing Justice and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
"Diversity, equity and inclusion programs, policies, and practices make business-sense and they're broadly popular among the public, consumers, and employees," their statement read. "But a small, well-funded, and extreme group of right-wing activists is attempting to pressure companies into abandoning their DEI programs."
Companies such as Ford, Lowes, John Deere, Molson Coors and Harley-Davidson recently announced they would pull back on their diversity, equity and inclusion policies after facing pressure from conservative activists who were emboldened by recent victories in the courtroom.
Many major corporations have been examining their diversity programs in the wake of a Supreme Court decision last year that declared race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions unconstitutional. Dozens of cases have been filed making similar arguments about employers. Critics of DEI programs say the initiatives provide benefits to people of one race or sexual orientation while excluding others.
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