The Hub, Mumbai

Posted on Sun 1 Nov 2009

Yesterday morning we visited The Hub India, which at the moment is independent but is currently finalising a formal partnership with The Hub Network. It has been set up by the same team as Unlimited India (who I am meeting for dinner tomorrow) and so the relationship between them is very similar to…


Meet the team (video intros)

Posted on Sun 1 Nov 2009

We have heard each other's pitches so many times now that we swapped company intros at the dinner we had last night with Vijay Nair, Indian (and overall) winner of the International Young Creative Music Entrepreneur 09, Gaurav Vaz, finalist of the International Young Music Entrepreneur 08 and…


Day one: games studios in Mumbai

Posted on Fri 30 Oct 2009

First day of meetings and after an impressive breakfast we head out with our guide Tas to meet a couple of games companies. Despite a new bridge linking two sides of the city, traffic in Mumbai is terrible and it takes an hour and a half to get to each. I hadn't really thought much about flash games…

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Disruption and curiosity: #outofthecloset unconference

Posted on Wed 28 Oct 2009

Yesterday at C&binet a new event emerged in the programme, one that had not been scheduled. Spread via twitter the #outofthecloset unconference was conceived as a place to share thoughts on the stuff not being covered in the main sessions.Kicked off by Kathryn Corrick, the group of 20 or so of…

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Scale, Risk & Investment – how do we build business capacity?

Posted on Tue 27 Oct 2009

This panel is not about copyright, which is a good thing. It is about risk and investment and am hoping the chair Steve Hewlett will include some thoughts on open innovation, collaboration and cross-sector Research and Development, as well as the more mainstream stuff.

La Noches de los Muertos, Igfest '09

Iglab Halloween Special

Posted on Tue 27 Oct 2009

Cackle Cackle....The Iglab Halloween Special is on and they need you! From 7pm Friday 30th October Simon Games run their monthly games testing night

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Free content – beat it or join it?

Posted on Tue 27 Oct 2009

Chaired by Robert Andrews of paidContent:UK, this panel explores whether the value of content inevitably trend towards zero? How do content owners add value to deliver effective “freemium” services? What role can new formats and technologies play?

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David Lammy on copyright (summarised)

Posted on Tue 27 Oct 2009

More copyright exploration from the main stage. This time an intelligent and textured speech from David Lammy: We are faced with an uncomfortable reality. Unlawful copying had caused crisis in the music industry and the film and publishing worlds are worrying that they are next.Technology has…


Best of British Exhibition

Posted on Tue 27 Oct 2009

David Rowan, Editor of Wired UK has curated an exhbition for C&binet. His brief: find the British creative companies, ideas and products that will help to transform the way we think about the creative economy in 2010.

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