On March 1st, Mark Leaver hosted a presentation and Q&A by Karen Cheng, Senior Trade Advisor at the UK Embassy in Beijing. Karen gave an overview of the animation sector in China, its scale and potential but also its structural difficulties – for example, concerns regarding copyright.

Ben Stephenson, Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning, came to Bristol’s Tobacco Factory on Over 50 of the TV and filmmakers turned out to meet Ben, hear his thoughts and put questions to him. Find out what Ben had to say here. Listen to him take questions from the floor here.

Ben Stephenson, Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning, came to Bristol’s Tobacco Factory on Friday 2nd October to give a personal view of the corporation’s current TV drama output and outline some of the opportunities that he sees for locally-based writers, producers and directors. Over 50 of the TV and filmmakers turned out to meet Ben. hear his thoughts here.

Recorded live at: 'The View from Here', The future of Public Service Broadcasting in the Nations and Regions. A free one day event presented by South West Screen and Ofcom. Tuesday 28 October 2008 11.00am - 4.30pm Arnolfini, Bristol. Within its review of the future of PSB, Ofcom posited a radical departure from the simple broadcast model and described a different world of multiplatform, digitally distributed content. Where are we now on that journey and what will PSB content look like in the future? Some examples of new production and thoughts on future opportunities. Speakers include Andrew Chitty - Ilumina, Darius Pocha - Enable and Tom Loosemore - 4IP.

Recorded live at: 'The View from Here', The future of Public Service Broadcasting in the Nations and Regions. A free one day event presented by South West Screen and Ofcom. Tuesday 28 October 2008 11.00am - 4.30pm Arnolfini, Bristol. An opportunity for attendees to put their questions about the future of PSB and Ofcom's PSB review to a leading group of media practitioners. Issues raised may include regional quotas, regional and local news and ITV's role as a PSB. Speakers include Stuart Cosgrove - Director of Nations and Regions at Channel 4, Pat Loughrey - Director of Nations and Regions at BBC, Steve Morrison - CEO, All3Media and Michael Jermey - Director of ITV Regions. The session will be chaired by Roger Laughton - Chair, South West Screen.

Recorded live at: 'The View from Here', The future of Public Service Broadcasting in the Nations and Regions. A free one day event presented by South West Screen and Ofcom. Tuesday 28 October 2008 11.00am - 4.30pm Arnolfini, Bristol. Key industry figures explore the options for the future of PSB raised within the consultation, looking at their advantages and disadvantages from a Nations & Regions perspective and presenting personal views from their specific standpoint. Speakers include Prof Ivor Gaber - Professor of Media and Politics at the University of Bedfordshire, Charles Wace - Chair of PACT and Caroline Diehl - Chief Executive, Media Trust. The session will be chaired by Steve Perkins, Head of Content Policy at Ofcom.

Recorded live at: 'The View from Here', The future of Public Service Broadcasting in the Nations and Regions. A free one day event presented by South West Screen and Ofcom. Tuesday 28 October 2008 11.00am - 4.30pm Arnolfini, Bristol. Setting out the big picture, Stewart Purvis, Ofcom Partner for Content & Standards (and ex-CEO ITN) presents the scope of Phase 2 of the PSB consultation and highlights the key issues for debate.

Recorded live at "Virtual Voices, a one day event presented by South West Screen and RIO, on Thursday 10 July 2008. How can we develop young people's voices so they become the media literate content creators and storytellers of the future? Virtual Voices brings the media industry together with young media makers and their teachers or tutors to attempt to answer this question and many others. Panel - Emerging Platforms in Film and TV... The panel explore the myths/facts around the idea that TV is dying and that online and interactive media is set to take its place. We have so far confirmed Charlotte Black: Head of Talent at C4, Paul Tarplee: MD of TwoFour Digital, and Derren Lawford: Multiplatform Editor of Panorama (BBC).

Recorded live at "Virtual Voices, a one day event presented by South West Screen and RIO, on Thursday 10 July 2008... Event description: How can we develop young people's voices so they become the media literate content creators and storytellers of the future? Virtual Voices brings the media industry together with young media makers and their teachers or tutors to attempt to answer this question and many others. The News Panel will be hosted by Nick Roddick, film journalist. It will focus on how the news is changing and the how the internet offers new opportunities to contribute to stories through citizen journalism, blogging, comment and forums. Panel guests: Martin Fewell: Deputy Editor of C4 News, Vicky Frost: Deputy Editor of Media Guardian, and Iain Dale: Political Blogger. Panel - Emerging Platforms in Film and TV... The panel explore the myths/facts around the idea that TV is dying and that online and interactive media is set to take its place. We have so far confirmed Charlotte Black: Head of Talent at C4, Paul Tarplee: MD of TwoFour Digital, and Derren Lawford: Multiplatform Editor of Panorama (BBC).

Recorded live at "Virtual Voices, a one day event presented by South West Screen and RIO, on Thursday 10 July 2008... Event description: How can we develop young people's voices so they become the media literate content creators and storytellers of the future? Virtual Voices brings the media industry together with young media makers and their teachers or tutors to attempt to answer this question and many others. Keynote by Iain Dale, one of Britain's leading political commentators and a regular contributor and presenter on TV and radio. A prominent blogger, he was recently voted one of the top 50 people in online journalism by the Press Gazette. He will examine, amongst other things, the opportunities afforded by the internet for participation in debate and the ways in which these can be harnessed to ensure that we can all have a say.