... very short post to remind you all that there are just 12 hours left to get your applications in.There are still places available, and don't forget, just 400 words could win you £5000, a place on the Lab and a chance for commissions up to £30k.
With just two days to go, it's getting a bit busy around here! The applications are coming in, the commissioners have started reading them, and we're finalising the details of the hotels and most importantly, what to feed you if you get a place.
The good news is that we've secured a new £20,000 angel investment fund - the money comes from BBC R&D and is there to pick up projects or ideas which may not fit into the commissioners briefs, but have potential in other areas.
This money is in addition to the £5,000 you get for coming along and the commissioners money which is awarded on the Friday (anything up to £30,000).
Remember, applying is easy, just 400 words to briefly outline your thoughts and we'll take it from there.
There's just seven days left until the application process for Labs 2008 comes to an end. We're seeing some fantastic ideas coming in, but there's still more than enough places for everyone who wants to take part.
Remember that this year you're guaranteed to have the PO for funds (if commissioned) within two weeks, we'll also make sure you have your time-scales and deadlines in place within a week. We're looking to get all prototypes built and working within six months of the end of this years labs - that way you'll get your money and work faster than ever before.
So don't delay, get your pitch in now.
Hello everyone,
If you haven’t yet applied, submit your ideas now to Content 360, the cross media competition at MIPTV featuring MILIA, the world's audiovisual & digital content market in Cannes, France.
The BBC is seeking ideas in 4 categories this year, each of which has £15.000 in development funding to the winning project which will be selected during MIPTV 2008 in Cannes (along the sunny French Riviera).
Why not apply today?
If you need some inspiration then check out the BBC Judges’ video interviews for each of the BBC briefs they offer really good explanations of exactly what the BBC is looking for.
The BBC covers the following four categories:
- Mass Participation Fiction & Entertainment
- New IPTV concepts
- Advanced Mobile Interaction with TV Content
- Audio and Video Aggregation
Above all, this is an incredible opportunity for you to meet with the global TV industry and brands.
Tim Morgan, Commercial Director, Mint Digital Ltd (UK)
BBC winner in 2006 & finalist in 2007.
“Content 360 was truly a great opportunity for a creative and technology company like ours to engage the global TV industry,”
For info on the Content 360 competition and application form, just follow the link below:
http://www.miptv.com/App/homepage.cfm?appname=100526&moduleid=286&campaignid=12340&iUserCampaignID=42484974
If you have any questions about how to apply that are not answered on the miptv web site, just drop an email to Yael.CHIARA@reedmidem.com Content 360, Digital Media Manager, Reed Midem
Good luck and look forward to seeing you in Cannes!
Holly Hinmers – Content 360 Project Co-ordinator for BBC FM&T
A few people have asked what it means when we say that Labs is IP Neutral. It's one of the first things you see in the 'what is labs' presentation, and it's one of the things that spawns the most questions. So as the deadline for applications draws nearer I thought I'd outline what we mean.
IP neutrality is not something you come across an awful lot at big corporations - mainly because most systems for dredging for ideas are just that - a way for the corporation to get their hands on shed loads of ideas and then play with them - they don't care about you and they certainly don't want anything other than the idea from you. That, however is not what Labs is about.
Labs is a way for the BBC to work with you at a very early stage in your idea development - essentially paying for and supporting R&D within the UK Indie sector. In effect we're taking a gamble that by working with you at a very early stage, when the idea is ready for the big time you'll work with us to make that happen - that however is not guaranteed. When you submit an idea to Labs your giving us a very rough outline that we can use to judge if we'd like to spend that money with you, and if we think it has potential that could be revealed in more detail by attending a five day rapid prototyping lab.
It's at that point that we ask you to sign a contract with us - not before, not when you're submitting your ideas, but once we pay you £5000 to come to the Lab itself. The contract we ask you to sign doesn't assign us any of your IP - but what it does do is give the BBC a first refusal on the idea for a period of three months. If during that three months we've not moved the idea along as you'd like, or if we feel it's not going to work with the BBC you've lost nothing. The IP remains with you and you're free to take that idea to other people - except you now have an idea that's had at least five days intensive work with peers and mentors alike.
If you have any questions about IP then drop us a line.
I trust you all had a great Christmas and are now settling into the new year.
We're back in the office and are more than happy to answer any outstanding queries that you may have about the application process or about the application itself.
We're getting some great ideas coming through so just a reminder that the deadline isn't very far away - 17:00, the 31st January.
Details of course can still be found here: http://open.bbc.co.uk/labs/2008_how_to_apply.php
Good luck!
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