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
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
The creative industries are growing sectors that continue to provide more jobs and add increasing value to products and services. Moreover, creative industries have a positive spillover effect on more traditional industries improving growth and innovation. These industries hold a great potential but the creative entrepreneurs often lack insights and business competences needed to realize this potential. That is why there is a need for a competition such as Creative Business Cup that can improve the business skills and the number of successful companies in the creative industries. Read more
Innovative companies in Somerset are being invited to enter the 2013 Media Innovation Awards, the South West’s most prestigious awards event for people working in the creative industries.
The Media Innovation Awards will celebrate and honour the very best creative and innovative work produced by media, design and music companies during 2012. The glitzy award presentation event will take place in the Autumn. Read more