Unexpected Media

Digidocs at the Doc/Fest

The Doc/Fest in Sheffield started last night with a fine documentary about Joy Division written by Jon Savage.

The festival starts in earnest today. It has been transformed over the past two years, doubling its budget and the number of delegates attending.  They’ve also introduced a ‘Digi-docs’ strand looking at the impact and potential of digital media.  Unexpected Media is presenting three of these sessions, starting today with a panel on the ‘new commissioners’ who are looking beyond TV to publish and distribute factual content on other platforms.

One of the key speakers was to have been Matt Locke of Channel 4 but he’s had to pull out, leaving me to try to explain his vision and policy. Fortunately he’s recently outlined some of his thinking at his illuminating blog, test.org.