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X|Media|Lab Call for Entries_
Date 16th July 2008 - 31st July 2008
Tags event, Australia, digital media, DIY, TV, video
Digital media heavyweights from around the globe, including Flickr co-founder, Stewart Butterfield and the American Film Institute’s Nick DiMartino, will come together at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, for X|Media|Lab, August 1 – 3, 2008.
X|Media|Lab is an internationally acclaimed creative think tank for digital media professionals. The event runs over three-days and consists of a one-day conference, followed by an intensive two-day X|Media|Lab closed workshop, where the world’s leading digital media professionals work as mentors with local companies to develop and help bring their ideas to commercial life.
This year, X|Media|Lab Melbourne is focusing on “DIY TV”: Video, UCG, Mobile TV and IPTV content and services, and has brought together some of the best people in the world who are driving the “DIY TV” transformation.
If you have an original video, UCG, mobile TV or IPTV idea you would like to develop and commercialise, please apply for the two-day X|Media|Lab Melbourne. Places are limited.
Previous project teams have ranged from independent start-ups which have gone on to win awards at MIPCOM in Cannes, UNESCO in New York and AIMIA; to established media players including Lonely Planet, ABC’s Rage and The Chaser, Disney Internet Group and Zuji.
X|Media|Lab Director, Megan Elliott said, “Whole new opportunities are opening up for creative ideas in the creation, production, distribution, syndication, platforms, brands and new business models in video content and services.
“X|Media|Lab Melbourne will showcase global best practice in the ‘DIY TV’ revolution, for those involved in traditional TV, or in the creation of moving images for any screen, this event is not to be missed.” said Ms Elliott.
For more information and to apply for the X|Media|Lab Melbourne two-day workshop, visit the website below.
