All Blog Posts Tagged 'northern' (10)

Investing in the stability and growth of the UK’s political blog with arguably the most local reach represents what Channel 4 and 4iP is all about. This week 4iP announced its investment in the Northern Ireland-based political blog Slugg

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Paul Evans splits his time between London with his company Memeserver Ltd and in Belfast where he helps organise activity around Slugger O'Toole. He's just finished working on the second annual… Continue

To quote from Sean O'Casey's 'The Plough and the Stars', TV Broadcasting in Northern Ireland is "in a state of chasis". But don't take my word for it - here are the reports to the House of Commons inquiry by the NI Select Committeee. The submissions by independent producers and the NUJ make sad reading on the state of the industry here - particularly in relation to the lack of commissions from network broadcasters. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmniaf/memo/television… Continue

Belfast-based Filmtrip has recently completed a 2D Barcode pilot for N.Ireland government's Innovation Division. The 2D barcode takes you through to a demo of a mobile site for the new NI Direct service, the web version of which is to centralise government data for N.Ireland citizens. We focused on services that would be of most use whilst on the move, so looked at transport, traffic data, health, police, & public holidays. You can check out the demo site at www.ni-direct.mobi or scan the… Continue

I attended the Awakening Creative Entrepreneurship workshop on Creativity, Media and Journalism in Derry, Northern Ireland today. There was an interesting discussion led by Roy Greenslade, David McKittick and Deric Henderson. It was an open-ended discussion, with some people agreeing with Roy on the imminent death of newspapers and everything going onto the internet in about 10 years time . My contribution amounted to two things: how do you ensure the production of news on the net is authorative… Continue

Hi folks This is a quick post to find out if anyone is going to be attending SXSW Interactive coz it would be good to hook up for a beer. I'm gonna be out there from 13th-22nd both for the interactive event as Filmtrip CEO, for our range of interactive media & ARG concepts, and at the music part with NIMIC [N.Ireland Music Industry Commission] filming & video blogging for their showcase events & new website. If you're gonna be there for the music part of the festival, drop me a line… Continue

I’m starting up an @opencoffee in Coleraine Northern Ireland, as many of the other third years in my media course are becoming anxious about getting a job come june. Anyone else interested in coming besides students? Im looking for some industry professionals to attend to let people know what is expected of them and what there is a demand for at the moment as well as getting to make some contacts in the industry, and so on. This means anyone from producers and directors to computer programers… Continue

The 4ip group for Belfast met up today - a very productive session, and nice to meet everybody. Here are some of the reference sites and companies I mentioned while blathering on: CIID - http://www.ciid.dk - a new green shoot of interface design, user experience research here in Europe. Somewhat similar to... ITP - http://itp.nyu.edu - the place to be if you're thinking about new media. Clay Shirky is one of the professors on the… Continue

We've got quite a few things happening over here so this is a little micro-link blog post about the sorts of things you can see if visiting sunny Ireland. On Wednesday the 15th January, the Northern Ireland Science Park are holding a "Seed Capital" event about how to attract early stage funding for your venture. On Monday the 19th Jauary, Mobile Monday Belfast will be ent… Continue

One of the opportunities for 38minutes and the whole 'ning-based' network is the shortening of these distances - isn't that what the internet is all about (apparently it's not just about porn and advertising). When I look at a map, I like to draw a line circle from where I am to around 75 miles... … Continue