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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.

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Launched across the nation, 4ip planted itself in Sheffield Digital Campus, opening doors to the Yorkshire and Humberside Region. Sarah Joynson (CEO, Screen Yorkshire), introduced the event saying œThis is a fantastic opportunity to put Yorkshire™s talent on the global map.

The strong partnership between Yorkshire Forward, Channel 4 and Screen Yorkshire that has been developing over the last couple of years, gave evidence of the campaign™s relevance to new concepts that would potentially innovate today™s culture for tomorrow. (more…)