IP Outreach in Practice > IP Creation
Overview
Organizer: | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |
Country/Territory: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Focus: | Design, Entrepreneurship, Inventions |
Outreach Tools: | Films / Videos, Newsletters, TV / Radio Programs, Website |
Target Audience: | Designers, Entrepreneurs, General Public, Inventors |
Details
BBC "Year of Science" (2010) ["World of Wonder"]: offers a wealth of TV and radio programmes to inspire both science lovers and science novices across the nation including science roadshows and events across the country, as well as content on TV, radio, and bbc.co.uk
"High Street" BBC Two series (2010): some of Britain’s biggest and best loved high street stores are clearing some shelf space for you - the great British public - to sell your products; whatever your product, this could be your unique chance to break into the big time; under the watchful eye of retail expert Theo Paphitis of Dragon’s Den, the most influential buyers in retail want to meet Britain’s undiscovered design talent and and will stock the best of what they see
"So You Want To Be A Scientist?" (2010) radio show searching for the BBC's Amateur Scientist of the Year; finalists, will carry out their research with the help of a professional scientist
"Design For Life" television series (2009): in an effort to find a new generation of British design talent, Philippe Starck, one of the world's best-known product designers, invites 12 hopefuls to a school of design he has set up in Paris; during the TV series, he will whittle them down until one fortunate student wins the opportunity of a lifetime - to work alongside the master for six months at his agency in the French capital
"Dragon's Den" television series (since 2005) in which everyday inventors, designers, creators or entrepreneurs present their business ideas in order to obtain funding from the "Dragons" (five venture capitalists willing to invest their own money in exchange for equity)
Links
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/proginfo/tv/2009/wk37/design_for_life_feature.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mx9y1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/so-you-want-to-be-a-scientist/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/features/world_of_wonder/
[Date Added/Updated: Aug 30, 2011]