Wednesday Jul 15, 2009


Win the chance of an industry placement, attendance to BBC workshops and the chance of a BBC placement

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The BBC wishes to continue to build the best experiences to audiences and wants you to help them

Are you just about to graduate and need a hand up on the first run of the career ladder?

Are you one of the rare breed of talent that combine fantastic software skills with creative flair?  Can you apply object-oriented programming to web based technologies like flash or Java?

Do you want to develop the next generation of immersive technology / content experiences?

We are seeking Britain’s top 5 graduates - if you answered yes to all the above questions and are brimming with market shaped ideas, then post your idea to the TV Platforms Project

Read the full brief

Enter Your Idea

DEADLINE 31st August

BBC Future Media TV Platforms team is at the forefront of designing products that combine this world of broadband and broadcast and this team is also heading to Salford in 2011

If your company is looking to access the best new talent in the UK, email us at info@just-b.com with North West TV platforms in the subject line

North West b.TWEEN TV Platforms is a project between BBC, Just-b, NWDA, Northwest Vision & Media, Skillset 

Thursday Jul 02, 2009


A lack of transparency and a silo mentality had resulted in an environmental, political and economic meltdown.

Old models and accepted truths are becoming irrelevant and outmoded in a changing and connected world

New challenges call for new solutions

We believe that Universities should act as a catalyst of change and have decided to practice what we preach by trying something new

Smart City Futures will challenge traditional conference dynamics and experiment with new formats more in tune with the connected world

Top down monologue will be replaced with non hierarchical dialogue and collaborative ideas generation

Gone the assumptions about the communities we claim to serve, replaced by opportunities for those communities to offer their unmoderated and uncensored opinions via the live webcast

Smart City Futures is a gathering of Global leaders from business, public service and research. We will convene to share knowledge, experience, challenges and failures and to explore collaborative solutions Smart City Futures marks the end of a full year packed with partner events  [find out more here]

MORE DETAILS HERE

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