IADT’s Media Cube has announced the launch of the 2nd Innovation Cubed competition designed to assist talented new digital media and creative companies. The competition is called Innovation Cubed and is designed to foster, develop and promote business opportunities.
Media Cube is the only campus-based incubation centre in the country that specifically assists the digital media sector. The centre is holding the competition for entrepreneurs with the new Digital Media Business Group in the region targeted, as Media Cube’s Manager, Martin Hogan explains: “We are targeting applications from 60 high quality start-ups and SMEs from across the region. The finalists will receive advice from some of the most experienced business people in the country and will compete to join the community of highly successful companies in Media Cube rent free for one year.”
The judges for Innovation Cubed are TV3 CEO, David McRedmond; Microsoft Ireland’s MD, Paul Rellis and 123.ie owner and MD, Andrew Collins. The 2009 winners of the same competition were Richie Conroy and Mark Hodkinson of Snowluke Pictures who have just produced a second series of ‘Fran’, which will soon be shown soon on Setanta Sports.
Richie Conroy commented on his win, saying: “As a winner of the competition in 2009 we have benefited greatly from our new home. Apart from advice and support, an exciting benefit to our location in the Media Cube is working with other digital companies in the centre. The prize and recognition has given us new confidence, we have secured development deals and funding over the last year and are now looking further afield for opportunities.”
The competition launches on Tuesday the 16th of November with a workshop on ‘Opportunities in digital media in Ireland today’ by Bartley O’Connor of PWC. Competition applications will be accepted online until the 3rd of December. For more information visit www.innovationcubed.ie.
