[tof] New Media Funding

[tof at lists.culture2.org]

Hi folks
Thanks for all of your stimulating comments.

The current state.
The BPI has funded about 8 broadband products. This is 8 teams who have now
had this experience - probably their 1st in most cases.  This is a new craft
and more practitioners need to bought into the area  - in addition to giving
further opportunities to those with some experience.

The funding conundrum.
Magnanimous as it sounds to share the documentary Strand 0, there remain
some issues:

-Not all new media work is documentary

-Even with FFC "Innovation" and AFC Strand 0 being made accessible to new
media, it may not provide the "amps" to "ramp up" the New Media sector

-This shared funding could take the pressure off finding specific additional
funding for New Media .

Alternatively to the above, this is some urgency to find some new media
funds as there are virtually none available (except small state funds). So
is this the best we can hope for?

P.O.V.
I have a new media project in development right now and am actually slowly
it down until I know, where and how it will be funded, as this will
influence the writing and design. Hope it won't be for too long!


Jennifer Gherardi