Media Cymru has invested £80,000 across five Welsh companies to research and develop innovative digital content for YouTube audiences, in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales. The joint Digital Innovation Fund is designed to support the research and development of content for YouTube. The Wales-based production companies – each awarded £16,000 – will creatively reimagine existing … Read more
As we mark Wales Climate Week, it’s time to recognise how Welsh creativity is shaping a greener future for the sector through research and development. While the global spotlight often falls on LA or London, collaborative media innovations are quietly taking shape around the capital of Cardiff, making Wales a prototype for a greener screen industry. Most people outside of the industry are unaware of the screen sector’s sizeable carbon footprint. … Read more
Media Cymru’s new campaign, Fuelling the Future, highlights the impact that research, development and innovation (RD&I) investment has had in Wales, playing a significant role in driving productivity, growth and innovation in local and regional economies. Media Cymru’s latest economic analysis (2023 data) shows an economically valuable, yet fragile, creative industries that support more than … Read more
Media Cymru, a consortium of broadcast, production and academic institutions and businesses in Wales, has commissioned specialist training provider Final Pixel Academy to deliver a 9-month Virtual Production (VP) Fellowship programme in 2025/2026. The programme is the first of its kind in Wales and will be hosted at a new state-of-the-art training facility for Virtual Production … Read more
The UK’s creative industries are not just a cultural powerhouse, but a pillar of national prosperity. They tell the stories that inform and engage us, and shape our lives in a thousand different ways. But they also contribute £125 bn to the economy, employ over two million people and spur innovation across the economy as … Read more
In its biggest simultaneous roll-out of funding rounds to date, Media Cymru has announced a bumper crop of funding opportunities for businesses, organisations and individuals working in the media sector in Wales, with a combined total of over £1.2 million available across five separate funds. Following the successful funding of over 75 projects to date, … Read more
Media Cymru and Ffilm Cymru Wales are launching a new Development Fund which aims to turn the Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) into a hub for sustainable media production. The Greening the Screen Development Fund is designed and delivered by Ffilm Cymru Wales and Media Cymru. The competition will invest up to £50,000 in projects for … Read more
Great Point Media, the diversified London-based media group that has invested more than £500 million into the creative industries worldwide, is collaborating with Fields Park, US-based Volume Global and Media Cymru, a consortium of creative and educational institutions in South Wales to build a world-class virtual production hub at Great Point Seren Studios in Cardiff. … Read more
Creative freelancers and SMEs in the Cardiff Capital Region and across Wales with an idea for new products, services or experiences in the media sector can apply for up to £10,000 of seed funding, thanks to the launch of the Media Cymru Innovation Pipeline. Applications for the first Media Cymru Seed Fund round open on … Read more
A new £50 million collaboration is set to help develop a world-leading hub for innovation across TV, film, and the wider media industry in Wales. Media Cymru will help develop businesses and individuals within the sector with a series of funding rounds, training, research, and opportunities over the next five years which will revolutionise the … Read more