We know we are a Creative nation, but one of the main themes of 2012 will be how well we exploit and monetise this. So, how well is Innovation embedded in our wider economy? In the wake of a major new report, we might want to consider if the creative industries have much more to offer . . . → Read More: An Innovation Nation?
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Announcement of a symposium on publishing industry and education at Kingston University in January 2012. . . . → Read More: Are Publishers Born or Made?
The television side of the Olympic and Paralympic Games is really the crucial part – the massive amount of revunue generated from rights, advertising and related media are what keeps the whole circus going. In the past the IOC have set up a joint venture with the host city to form the “host broadcast company”. This company is responsible for all of the images, sound, graphics, on-screen info, etc, from all of the sport. The then sell this feed to all of the rights holding broadcasters. Today, this is a stand-alone company – the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS). As you can imagine, the scale is vast. 6500 “games-time” staff. 1000 cameras. 62 OB trucks. 5000 hours of content. 200 broadcast countries. And amidst the “largest production company in the world” is a training programme for broadcast students. Continue reading The Olympic Broadcasting Services “Broadcast Training Programme” for 2012 We at Skillset are embarking on a journey of discovery around leadership and management skills in the creative media industry. There is a strong-held belief that this area isn’t up to scratch in our sector. Maybe because we are made up of “creatives”, maybe because the business model is different, maybe because we have very little professionalisation going on – I don’t know why, but this I do know (or at least I think I do!): Continue reading Leadership and Management skills in the creative media industry We’re back! Sorry for the downtime recently – it’s been a bit of a struggle migrating this onto our own servers -but now, like the great British summer, we’re back and we’re here to stay! And we’ve got a new look – to go with the new Skillset logo. We are always interested in what works for you here . . . → Read More: In with the summer sun On Monday we brought together a number of companies that went on a trade delegation to Beijing and Shanghai at the tale-end of the Games. The open conversation was captured, and a more accurate description of the thoughts will appear, but here is my take on how the UK creative media industries can make hay . . . → Read More: 2012 – taking advantage of the Games |
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Last week saw me at Canary Wharf getting an overview with a group of invited guests regarding the plans for the London iteration of an Olympic TV tradition – a broadcast training programmebased on the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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