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Bristol / Cardiff / Porto

Posted on April 3, 2019 by

Channel 4 has now announced the location for its Bristol Creative Hub in the centre of the city (https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-chooses-bristols-finzels-reach-home-its-new-creative-hub). It will be interesting to see how this accelerates an already shifting geographic focal point for the media industries in Bristol. … Continue reading →

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Stockholm

Posted on March 11, 2019 by

Cold in Stockholm, so retreating to the Pickled Herring pub within the British Embassy as the venue for a presentation on UK creativity / technology seemed like a good option. Whilst not a big city there is a clear sense … Continue reading →

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Paris

Posted on February 3, 2019 by

To the British Embassy in Paris, for a collaboration between Department for International Trade and French TV industry event Série Series (http://www.serieseries.fr/en/prog_hors-murs.php). The day event highlighted British excellence in television production – with a focus on drama series – and … Continue reading →

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Helsinki

Posted on December 11, 2018 by

To a dark, cold Helsinki and Slush, still a show like no other and always valuable. Slightly less VIP / political presence on stage this year but a high quality attendance across European tech – with AI and healthcare standing … Continue reading →

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Channel 4 Creative Hub – Bristol

Posted on November 6, 2018 by

Bristol successful as location for new C4 Creative Hub! Fantastic news https://t.co/IeIY3cBA3W — Mark Leaver (@mark_leaver) October 31, 2018 After a process which started in Spring 2017, amazing news last week from C4. Having authored the submissions from Bristol, working … Continue reading →

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Sao Paulo / Santiago / Buenos Aires (London)

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

This blog could be subtitled: the failure of politics (with an exception) A fact-finding / relationship building visit across LatAm was in some ways an object lesson in a seemingly global failure or polarization of politics. The rise of Bolsonaro … Continue reading →

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Sao Paulo

Posted on October 21, 2018 by

Você sabia que as indústrias criativas no Reino Unido geram em torno de 92 bilhões de libras por ano? Mark Leaver, adviser do UK para Creative Industries, esteve no Brasil na semana passada e nos contou um pouco mais sobre … Continue reading →

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Raindance – Chile

Posted on October 5, 2018 by

I had the great pleasure of chairing a morning of sessions at the fantastic Raindance Film Festival celebrating Chile as this years’ guest country and the emergence of a new wave of Chilean cinema – capped by the Best Foreign … Continue reading →

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New term

Posted on September 4, 2018 by

An interesting recent article by Janan Ganesh in the FT on the impact of tourism “ossifying” medium sized cities resonated with a trip to Portugal over the summer. His contention that tourism hampers change because the visitor wants the “old … Continue reading →

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Overdue – Hyderabad / Bangalore / Mumbai / Berlin / Helsinki / Bristol

Posted on June 13, 2018 by

A slightly over-intense period, with the result that this site fell off the to-do list… The highlights: India for Innovate UK, focusing on the potential for productive UK / Indian collaboration on the development of the immersive technology sector. I’m … Continue reading →

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