Posts Tagged ‘Northwest Vision and Media’

BBC @North Announces Yorkshire Companies for Interactive Initiative
The BBC has announced the companies who have been selected to take part in the new @North commissioning initiative being led by BBC Children’s (who are part of the BBC move to Salford in 2011). In Yorkshire there are 20 successful companies from South and West Yorkshire, reflecting the strength of the digital sector in both Leeds and Sheffield.
These companies will now work in small groups with senior subject experts in both children’s content and technology, to learn more about working with the BBC and develop their ideas at intensive workshop days. Four final projects will be commissioned for CBBC and Cbeebies.

MediaCityUK’s High Speed BT Network
MediaCityUK have announced their plan’s to connect businesses and residents to one of the most advanced communications networks in the world when the first phase of the £500 million complex is completed in 2011.
Peel Media, the developers and owners of MediaCityUK, today awarded a multi-million pound, five-year communications and IT contract to BT Business, the division of BT Retail that serves the UK’s small and medium-sized businesses. (more…)

Transmission 3: Tales from the Front-Line of Mobile Innovation
Transmission is a series of inspiring evenings, that explore innovation in the digital industry. The interactive format includes keynotes, case-studies, discussions and hands-on tech demos.
On Thursday 28th January from 5.45pm, Northwest Vision and Media will host the third of the Transmission series - ”Device & Conquer: Tales from the front-line of mobile innovation”. The third event in the Transmissions series will be exploring the innovation of mobile devices - the next frontier of connective technologies and the platform for the new decade. (more…)