Digital media definitely opens up new opportunities to develop innovative content, and new ways to reach and interact with the audience. We propose training courses specifically targeted at professionals wishing to develop cross/transmedia or cross-platform projects. The Pixel Lab is organised by Power to the Pixel and offers a link to its conference and pitch event in London. Transmedia Next provides an immersion into all aspects of transmedia storytelling. The MBS Multi Platform Business School course has a strong emphasis on games while Hyper Island’s master class creating Content for Mobile Platforms is more focused on mobile media.

New media filmmakers can also refine their business skills through Closing the Gap: Investment for 360° which will help cross-media producers approaching equity investors.

Crossover Commissioning Labs and Summit brings together commissioning editors, distributors, local, regional and national content funders and media buyers, and mixes them with creative professionals from diverse disciplines – including film and TV production, animation, games, theatre, web design and new media – to share understanding of a rapidly changing mediascape, to form new interdisciplinary collaborations and generate ideas for projects.