MHz develops social networking/learning site for the digital media industry

Indie pubcasting network MHz is partnering with IDMAonline on a new website that offers a "social learning network specifically for the digital media industry," the two announced in a statement Monday (July 26). Site members have access to the Commons, to meet with colleagues and ask and answer questions. What makes the site unique, the two said in the statement, is the "live online" professional training in the digital media arts: multimedia, filmmaking, animation and photography. There are full certificate programs and mentorship initiatives where students can focus on a specific topic. MHz Worldview, MHz Networks' flagship channel, brings international programs to audiences though cable, satellite and online affiliates. It provides the Washington, D.C., area with 10 local broadcast channels in more than 20 different languages, with studios in Falls Church, Va., and at Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.