Bristol Media
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Bristol Media is a support network for the creative and media industries in Bristol. It has over 1700 hundred members across the Animation, TV, Film, Digital, Design, Marketing, Publishing, PR and Music sectors making it one of the biggest creative communities in the UK.
It is a community interest company
(CIC) and is funded by the South West of England Regional Development Agency, Bristol +
and Bristol City Council. It also has a small number of private sponsors.
The network's mission is to:
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8 high spec projectors are used to throw 400ft images across several buildings in Bristol including the Council House, Bristol
and Bristol Cathedral
In Dec 2007 the team shipped in 4 snow machines which covered the venue in fake snow and on the final night of the festival a live VJ finale was staged by Anti VJ.
The guide revealed that over £0.5 billion of combined turnover was generated by companies that features in the league table, making it one of the region's key business sectors.
Along with a list of Top 100, the guide also features the most respected companies and the most respected individuals in the region, as voted by all the companies taking part in the survey.
It is a community interest company
Community interest company
A community interest company is a new type of company introduced by the United Kingdom government in 2005 under the Companies Act 2004, designed for social enterprises that want to use their profits and assets for the public good...
(CIC) and is funded by the South West of England Regional Development Agency, Bristol +
Bristol +
Bristol+ is a partnership board made up of media, creative and technology professionals, politicians and local government officers in Bristol, England...
and Bristol City Council. It also has a small number of private sponsors.
The network's mission is to:
- Promote and celebrate Bristol’s creative industries and the wealth of expertise, services and skills that are home in the city
- Encourage new business opportunities and new clients to procure creative services from Bristol companies
- Attract the most exciting and experienced creative talent to the city whilst helping to retain and support its brightest and dynamic new stars
- Support collaboration, innovation and networking across the creative sectors
0117 - Made In Bristol
A 250 page glossy publication profiling some of the city's most innovative creative companies and media entrepreneurs. First launched in December 2007, this publication draws together over 40 profiles and interviews of Bristol's key digital, TV, Music, Film, Animation, Design and Marketing companies and is distributed all over the world to support the raising of the city's international creative profileLight Up Bristol
A weekly event held each December where several of Bristol and Bath's design and digital agencies get together to project specially created festive light, animation and moving image across College Green, BristolCollege Green, Bristol
College Green is a public open space in Bristol, England. The Green takes the form of a segment of a circle with its apex pointing east, and covers...
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8 high spec projectors are used to throw 400ft images across several buildings in Bristol including the Council House, Bristol
Council House, Bristol
The Council House has been the seat of local government in Bristol, England since 1956. It is situated on College Green, opposite the Cathedral and at the foot of Park Street in Bristol city centre . Throughout its history it has been home to Bristol city council.It was designed in the 1930s but...
and Bristol Cathedral
Bristol Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity is the Church of England cathedral in the city of Bristol, England, and is commonly known as Bristol Cathedral...
In Dec 2007 the team shipped in 4 snow machines which covered the venue in fake snow and on the final night of the festival a live VJ finale was staged by Anti VJ.
South West Top 100 Creative Companies League Table
In June 2009, Bristol Media launched the first ever round up of all the major TV, digital, animation, publishing, PR, design and marketing companies from across the South West, in one list, ranked by turnover.The guide revealed that over £0.5 billion of combined turnover was generated by companies that features in the league table, making it one of the region's key business sectors.
Along with a list of Top 100, the guide also features the most respected companies and the most respected individuals in the region, as voted by all the companies taking part in the survey.
Current Board Members
- Paul Appleby - Current Chair, Senior Producer BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
- Mike Bennett (businessman)Mike Bennett (businessman)Mike Bennett, is a businessman who started one of the UK's very first digital agencies in Bristol with his partners Stuart Avery. He is actively involved in the wider media and creative landcape of Bristol and the South West of England...
- Chief Executive (Chair 2005-8), Founder E3 Media (digital agency)E3 Media (digital agency)E3 Media is a privately owned digital communications agency founded in Bristol in 2000. It specializes in interactive marketing, design and build, and user experience and currently has a total of 50 employees in Bristol and Farringdon, London.... - Fraser Bradshaw - MD of McCann EricksonMcCann EricksonMcCann Erickson is a global advertising agency network, with offices in more than 130 countries. McCann is a subsidiary of the Interpublic Group of Companies, one of the four large holding companies in the advertising industry....
Bristol - Stephen Coombe - Partner Smith and WilliamsonSmith and WilliamsonSmith & Williamson, founded in 1881, is the eighth largest firm of accountants in the UK and its investment management business has around £8.3 billion funds under management and advice ....
- Chris Jones - Founder Oakwood Media Group
- Pete Levy - (Chair 2008)
- Caroline Marshall - Co-ordinator
- Laura Marshall - MD Icon Films
- Gill Sandford, Dean of EnterpriseUniversity of the West of EnglandUniversity of the West of EnglandThe University of the West of England is a university based in the English city of Bristol. Its main campus is at Frenchay, about five miles north of the city centre...