Successful applicants for digital arts scheme announced
53 organisations to take part in Arts Council and BBC project 皇冠体育app Space.
From books and the Bard to orchestras and opera, audiences will be able to experience the arts on digital platforms this summer through a new experimental service.
Arts Council England and the BBC have today announced the successful applicants that will create hundreds of hours of original commissions for .
皇冠体育app service, which will run from May to October, will be available on PCs, smartphones, tablets and internet connected TVs, as well as through the red button on Freeview HD.
皇冠体育app project is designed to build digital skills and capability in the arts and cultural sector. 皇冠体育app Arts Council is committing up to 拢3.5 million from its recently created 拢20 million Digital Innovation Fund. 皇冠体育app BBC will develop technological solutions and聽provide mentoring, producing, training and skills development.
Alan Davey, Chief Executive of the , said: 鈥溁使谔逵齛pp Space is one of our most significant interventions of recent years and I鈥檓 delighted to be able to announce such exciting and imaginative contributions from artists and organisations. 皇冠体育app Space will stimulate a dramatic step change in skills development, creative learning and collaboration. It will inspire a great generosity of spirit among the participating organizations, with each of them committed to documenting and sharing the journey they all are taking together.鈥�
Roly Keating, Director of Archive Content for the said: 鈥淏y bringing together the complementary skills of BBC and Arts Council in this ambitious way we believe we can make something really special happen to celebrate 2012鈥檚 unique summer of arts.聽And by sharing the BBC鈥檚 expertise, training and mentoring we hope there鈥檒l be a lasting legacy, by putting digital creativity at the heart of artistic life in the UK.鈥�
A total of 53 applicants were successful out of almost 750 that submitted expressions of interest to be part of 皇冠体育app Space. 皇冠体育appy include the London Review of Books, Shakespeare鈥檚 Globe, the Philarmonia Orchestra and Birmingham Opera Company.