FMS Force Media Swiss AG Becomes New Russian Distributor for Green Hippo

The first week of August saw Simon Harris, Green Hippo's head of training, give a three-day workshop at Moscow's Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, which was organized in conjunction with Green Hippo's new Russian distributor FMS Force Media Swiss AG.

Force Media is a management company representing several audiovisual and media organizations in Russia, which range from online portals for audiovisual communities to educational and creative collectives. Among the company's divisions are:

Audiovisual Academy -- a free educational initiative, providing online studies on new media and audiovisual arts; Russian Visual Artists -- a creative collective, active in the field of visual and media arts and new technologies; CyberBrothers -- a leading Russian audiovisual community portal and social network."

Green Hippo's workshops took place August 3-6, generating some genuine interest with the participants, who ranged from professional freelancers to representatives of Russia's leading broadcast, media, event, and stage companies. Providing training to two groups of students over the duration, the course covered a wide range of subjects from the basic and advanced HippoSchool curriculum. Harris gave an overview of the technology and provided practical guidance on the Hippotizer range, preparing FMS to provide a distribution strategy and all technical support for clients in Russia. Being heavily involved in AV and new media education, FMS will also be pushing HippoSchool training within its territory.

FMS Force Media has also started to implement its demonstration and stocking units. "We are very excited to be working with Force Media as they provide creative, technical, and training support within the Russian market. Russia has great potential as a market and going forward we are confident that in conjunction with such a committed partner we can have great success in this region," says a company spokesperson.