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Jonathan Mitchener, Lead Technologist – ICT at the Technology Strategy Board, introduces the official competition briefing brochure for the £4.5m Data Exploration call which opens on 6th January. The competition focuses on innovations in the data exploration techniques of analytics, modelling and visualisation, and a briefing event (to be webcast and stored for replay) will be held in London on 7th January. Read more

digital artwork

The £15m ‘Cross-Platform Production in Digital Media’ competition addresses the challenges of convergence in digital technologies, and covers film and television, online video, animation and video games (including pre-production, production and post-production processes). Supported by the Creative Industries KTN, the Technology Strategy Board is currently running a

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The creative industries sector in Somerset employs around 8000 people and accounts for approximately 8% of the county’s workforce. The sector generates approximately £400 million in output per year in the county and forms a growing part of Somerset’s economy. The creative economy also contributes to the vitality, identity and cultural development of the county. Read more

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The Technology Strategy Board is investing up to £5m in an SBRI competition to stimulate solutions in three areas, where UK cities face many of the same specific challenges: in energy, data and transportation.

There are two phases to the competition. In the first phase up to £1m is available, with contracts awarded to organisations to explore feasible solutions, and to develop proposals for prototyping and implementation. Successful organisations will attract a 100%-funded development contract, up to a maximum of £100,000. Read more