Arts Council announces Building digital capacity for the arts

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Arts Council announces Building digital capacity for the arts

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BBC Academy and Arts Council England are joining forces to offer training and guidance to the arts sector across England on how to maximize the creation and distribution of high quality arts content for audiences on digital platforms, including online, mobile and internet protocol television.

The building digital capacity for the arts programme, announced in September 2010, will support the development of the arts sector's media production skills by bringing together the BBC Academy's media and digital experience with the Arts Council's extensive knowledge of the arts sector.

The initial programme will run from March 2011 - August 2012 and will consist of a launch event, practical seminars, an online guide to commissioning, facilitated masterclasses and an online resource of filmed and streamed content.

Launch

The programme launch takes place on 10 March 2011. Confirmed speakers so far include; Alan Davey, Chief Executive, Arts Council England, Mark Thompson, Director-General, BBC, Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries and Sir Nicholas Kenyon, Managing Director, Barbican Centre. Will Gompertz, Arts Editor, BBC News will be chairing the event.

A new digital arts scheme is to be launched on 10 March 2011 to encourage the creation and distribution of high quality arts.

More information is available here

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