As the person within the team whose responsibility it is to carry out desk based research, I thought it is about time to share with you what I find, and find useful, regarding the digital agenda.
I am not an expert or even a researcher by trade - but I enjoy looking, have quite a lot of luck at finding useful material and my colleagues have cottoned on to this fact (and it is in my job description!).
You’ve seen the video now read his words. One of the more diligent members of our team (Claire Davis) has taken the trouble to transcribe Lord Carter’s speech from the Digital Britain event in Birmingham on June 17th. We’ve uploaded the PDF file and it’s on Scribd, but if you think there’s another format you’d like it in let us know.
And if you’d like to have another look at the video then:
The regional launch of the Digital Britain event in Birmingham on 17th June was a great success. We would like to thank everyone who took part (sponsors, delegates and the organisers themselves) both at the ICC and Unconference at Fazeley Studios.
Many thanks to the expert technical support from Aquila TV and Rhubarb Radio at both the ICC and Fazeley Studios.
Our special thanks go to Lord Carter and his team for their time and for making the events possible. And to the Technology Strategy Board for their valued input.
Interesting to read that the Digital Britain Report has focussed on how it will help the video gaming industry maintain its lead over other countries by using the European grading system. The Digital Britain report released on Tuesday by Lord Carter also outlines plans to review a tax relief for the industry. One question, raised by Mary Mathiews of Blitz Games, to Lord Carter at the successful Digital Birmingham event yesterday, identified the possible difficulties the government may face in trying to identify exactly what ‘tax relief to promote the sustainable production of ‘culturally British videogames’ might mean. Lord Carter inferred that key words were culture and British, but I guess to a city like Birmingham that could mean just about anything. Richard Wray of the Guardian explores the piece further. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2009/jun/17/digital-britain-videogames
Today saw Lord Carter present the freshly unveiled Digital Britain report at the ICC in Birmingham city centre. A capacity audience heard Lord Carter explain the report in some detail, followed by a question and answer session. Lord Carter was keen to dispel what he saw as the media’s false portrayal of his Digital Britain Final Report, especially around the 50p tax on new copper telephone lines.
Talking and blogging at JEECamp. Pic by Kasperbs
I can’t recall a time when there was so many events related to digital media and social media happening in Birmingham. The first half of this year has seen a frenzy of activity both by those whose job it is to organise such events and those who take it upon themselves to organise stuff for the hell of it. And as someone who had previously only ever attended formally organised events I’ll be off to my third ‘unconference’ in as many weeks at the end of this month.
It’s a year since the government published its Creative Britain report, the culmination of a long process of consultation with the creative industries. The publication was seen as a positive cross-departmental initiative that re-stated the government’s commitment to what is a significant part of the economy. A year on we get Digital Britain and in general, everyone seems a bit grumpy about it. So what did ‘Creative’ have that ‘Digital’ doesn’t?
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