£150k Grant Announced for Music Apps - Deadline 8th Nov
IC tomorrow, part of the Technology Strategy Board, have launched a Digital Innovation Contest for Music.
There's £150k up for grabs in this contest to encourage digital innovation in the music sector. The contest has six challenges under three themes: rights and monetisation; digital and live music; and linking digital to physical.
Partners inlcude Decca Classics, Warner/Chappell Music, The Bedford, BBC Proms, Rocket Music Management and HMV. Successful applicants will receive up to £24k in grant funding to develop a prototype, gain from a valuable working partnership with the relevant contest partner who will trial their prototype for a minimum of three months and applicants will fully retain their IP.
The contest deadline is noon Thursday 8 November. Full contest and application details are available at: http://bit.ly/musiccontestgroup
All six contest partners took part in a webinar last week along with members of the IC tomorrow team to run through the application progress. The full recording of the briefing is available at http://bit.ly/musiccontestwebinar.
Good luck!
Photo (cc) Daniel Paxton.
17 October 2012 by Sam Michel
Sam Michel is the founder of Chinwag and blogs here for work, and more randomly at Toodlepip. He runs Chinwag Jobs, Digital Mission and tends to focus on murky place where technology, community and marketing collide. You'll find him on twitter @toodlepip.
Sam Michel is the founder of Chinwag and blogs here for work, and more randomly at Toodlepip. He runs Chinwag Jobs, Digital Mission and tends to focus on murky place where technology, community and marketing collide. You'll find him on twitter @toodlepip.
