Archive for March, 2008

Nesta: The Innovation Edge

Monday, March 31st, 2008

You can keep a blog for three years without mentioning NESTA and then it pops up twice in successive posts. They've asked me to point out that registration to their 'flagship innovation conference' is now open: The Innovation Edge Conference – Tuesday, 20th May 2008 NESTA’s Innovation Edge conference is an unrivaled ...

NESTA: Digital Innovation in Film

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

We've been working with Jon Kingsbury at NESTA to support the development of a new programme designed to encourage innovation in the distribution of film. In a first phase Unexpected Media facilitated a workshop to help define the scope of the project and inform the drafting of the 'request ...

Innovation Labs 2008

Friday, March 14th, 2008

It's pitch day at the first of this year's BBC Innovation Labs and we're back at Forest Hills Hotel near Aberfoyle. The Scottish Labs always seem to engage the most technically proficient, not to say geeky, teams of all the labs. Last year we had one group both whose ...

Meet the Players

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Meet the Players was part of the European Media Event, held in Brussels between 3th of and 8th of March. The aim of the week is to turn a spotlight on the independent documentary sector and it's relation to the public broadcasters, but also to try to draw attention ...