All Blog Posts Tagged '4ip' (35)

How to fail your pitch before you've even started

The VentureBeat blog gives superb advice for anyone pitching their idea, from Jason Cohen, a startup entrepreneur who's been there and done it three times already and now sits on the other side of the table as an Angel investor. The four sins Jason picks out are the same four we see frequently at… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on November 5, 2009 at 11:39am — 1 Comment

Meet Channel 4's Digital Commissioners: The Wrap

For the past month digital commissioners from Channel 4's Education, Cross-Platform and 4iP departments have traveled the country sharing what we are looking for in 2010, how much money we want to be spending and what learnings we've had over the past year's projects. Caroline Beavon, journo student in Birmingham, had the fastest fingers and has banged out… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on October 22, 2009 at 10:12am — No Comments

Meet the Commissioners hits Glasgow: Make sure you're on the list

Channel 4's new media Commissioners end a month of UK-wide briefings in Glasgow on Wednesday, October 21. Louise Brown from Cross-Platform, Matt Locke from Education and Tom Loosemore from 4iP will outline their areas of interest for… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on October 5, 2009 at 5:11pm — 1 Comment

World class entrepreneurship workshops in Edinburgh

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Added by Ewan McIntosh on October 5, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Meet the Commissioners hits Belfast: follow online

This week sees Channel 4's new media Commissioners hit the road, starting in Belfast today. Louise Brown from Cross-Platform, Matt Locke from Education and Tom Loosemore from 4iP will outline their areas of interest for 2010 and beyo… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on September 30, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

What is Return on Investment on the social interwebs?

Following on from my post explaining the difference between 'funding' and 'investing' is a nice coda from Olivier Blanchard, outlining the what, why and how of Return on Investment. It's essential viewing (and fun at that) if you think that merely engaging loads of Twitterers is go… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on September 29, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Has Google done it? Check the Goollery

It's a disappointing truth that many of the ideas we get at 4iP have been done before. A two minute noodle around your favourite search engine would reveal your potential competitors and either prevent you spending an afternoon on a pitch that'll go nowhere, or thrust you into a niche that's a sure winner (well, maybe). I'm convinced, too, that Google's algorithms regularly seek out development producers and coders as they look for similar products to the ones t… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on September 28, 2009 at 8:30pm — 4 Comments

Funding vs Investment: the 4iP low-down

When Channel 4 launched 4iP, its Innovation for the Public Fund, the last word brought along connotations that we were largely 'spending' money à la grant, when in fact most of our work is investing in sustainable digital media. It's a nuance explained well in a guest post on the 4iP blog by Jason Hall, S… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on September 28, 2009 at 1:32pm — 1 Comment

Government 2.0 or Government 2 point eh?

Government 2010 will examine how the next generation government is set to change in the light of social, media and technological change, and 4iP is supporting the event as it provides a free web feed for participants on October 22nd. Prior to the event, its organisers are carrying out a quick online survey to test the water and s… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on September 25, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Educational gaming: pushing the right buttons?

When I was a kid, gaming was all about sitting an inch from the telly with my little brother, guiding a pixellated plumber or blue hedgehog through a maze of adventures against a backdrop of repetitive tinny music. Yet primitive as it was by today’s standards, it was an escape from parents, tidying my room and… Continue

Added by Nicola More on September 22, 2009 at 10:00am — 4 Comments

38minutes celebrates 1 year!

Set up by Ewan McIntosh & Stuart… Continue

Added by Darcie on September 3, 2009 at 9:00am — 2 Comments

Barack's Social Media Pulpit: models for social media spreading

I'm only about six months late with this entry, but the contents of Edelman's analys… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on August 24, 2009 at 4:19pm — No Comments

Tele on Facebook from 4iP

Channel 4 (C4) has launched Test Tube Telly, a new service that integrates its 4oD on-demand video player with Facebook so users can see what their friends are watching. The move means that C4 becomes the… Continue

Added by Darcie on July 13, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Creative Scotland Digital Media IP Fund: Videos of event

If you were not one of those present at the Minister's announcement of opening of the Digital Media IP Fund, as originally announced by Scottish Enterprise in November 2008 along with Channel 4's £3m co-investment in the Fund through 4iP, you can catchup thanks to the vi… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on June 26, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

4iP Invests in All Write, creative writing game with award winning author

Broadcast reports that 4iP is commissioning Dan and Adrian Hon’s Six to Start to develop a creative writing game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, backed by national education agency Learning and Teaching Scotla… Continue

Added by Ewan McIntosh on June 23, 2009 at 5:00pm — 3 Comments

The Botox of Hyperlocal

New technology could revive regional media, says Stuart Cosgrove in today's Broadcast. "The catastrophic impact of ITV's decision to reduce production in Leeds will not… Continue

Added by Stuart Cosgrove on April 3, 2009 at 3:48pm — 1 Comment

Who is this girl and why is she messing with my stuff?!

Who am I indeed. Hi, my name is Darcie and I am currently undatking the task as 38minutes web editor/master, trying to give Ewan &… Continue

Added by Darcie on March 4, 2009 at 1:17pm — 2 Comments

Start-ups - Maxing out deminimis in 38 minutes of joy

38 minutes is a place to not only sharpen ideas but develop them. Through the collaboration of conversation the dialectical process is subsumed into a diverse discussion skewed only by the temptation to try and have the last word. The discussion that blossomed from my original post on 38 minutes (Start-ups – Don’t be funny, it’s the money and why 4iP is a match), found focus in the whole issue of deminimis funding and the principle of matched funding used by Scottish Enterprise and InvestNI. In… Continue

Added by Richard Saville-Smith on March 2, 2009 at 7:02pm — 6 Comments

How can we improve 38minutes?

We are looking for ways of improving 38minutes and want honest views and achievable suggestions? So far the network has got off to an impressive start with over 700 members, numerous groups and co-ordinated activity in several key areas. There is no doubt that the launch… Continue

Added by Stuart Cosgrove on March 2, 2009 at 2:30pm — 16 Comments

Start-ups – Don’t be funny, it’s the money, and why 4iP is a match

In his post "About state, structural and environmental support for start-ups, and why I think that makes 4IP interesting", Ray Macsweeney takes the time to share about the promotion of innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit. I agree with much that he has to say. But I’d like to (partially) defend Scottish Enterprise. When we went to Scottish Enterprise with the idea of addressing the whole artform of poetry through a digital strategy, they listened for two hours and then put us on their fast… Continue

Added by Richard Saville-Smith on February 26, 2009 at 12:45pm — 19 Comments

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