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Contents04 Digital Mission information

06 Great British Breakfast

08 About UK Trade & Investment

12 Digital Mission companies at SXSWi

26 Sponsors

29 Regional Missions

30 British Music at SXSW

36 British Events at SXSWi

38 About Chinwag

39 Digital Mission company contacts

Northern Ireland

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About

Digital Mission is a series of trade missions organised

for UK firms operating in the digital sector by

Chinwag on behalf of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).

The trips support UK digital companies to expand

internationally, understand foreign markets,

attract investment, find partners and develop

business relationships.

The 40 successful companies were chosen from

over 120 submissions by an advisory board of

industry experts drawn from the UK community

including: VC’s, export specialists, legal experts,

journalist and industry pundits.

The companies selected for the Digital Mission

to SXSWi ‘10 are:

Amberlight, Audioboo, Blueleaf Digital, Brainient,

Codegent, Codility, Cube Interactive, Face Group,

FreshNetworks, GigLocator, Howard Baines,

Illumina Digital, KMP Digitata, Likecube, Little

World Gifts, Littleloud, Mendeley, Mobilized,

MOFILM, Moonfruit, MusicMetric, Nsyght,

oneDrum, Orange Bus, PageDo, Pixeco, Plug-in

Media, Qhub, Rummble, Silence Media, Skimlinks,

Slicethepie, Smidgn, SubHub, TweetJobs, UberVu,

Vibio, Videojuicer, Wolfstar, WorldTV.

Detailed information and contact details for each

company are listed in this booklet and on the website:

www.digital-mission.org/sxsw10-companies

The first Digital Mission to SXSWi in 2009 was a

roaring success with 35 UK firms taking advantage

of the activities to expand their presence in the

US. Other missions in the series have included

two missions to New York in September 2008 and

November 2009 and a very successful trip to Los

Angeles and San Francisco in October 2009.

Digital Mission to SXSWi is generously supported

by international law firm Winston & Strawn and Sun

Startup Essentials.

For further information please see

www.digital-mission.org or subscribe

to our newsletter to keep up to date with

mission news.

To get in touch, please drop us a line on

[email protected] DIG M15H

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Hungry fornetworking?

The Great British Breakfast is a networking event organised by Digital Mission for 250 international digital practitioners, press and investors working in the interactive space. Take this opportunity to join the top innovative digital entrepreneurs and companies from the UK. Discover the British scene and meet the people who are at the heart of it. Come along to swap SXSWi stories and talk about all things digital, over a good ol’ fashioned fry-up.

We’ll kick things off at 9:30am until 11:30am on Tuesday, 16th March at Paradise Cafe, 401 East Sixth Street, Austin, TX 78701. The Great British Breakfast is free to attend for SXSWi badge holders but you will need to sign up: http://digital-mission.org/gbb Once you’ve registered please pop along to pick up your ticket from the Digital Mission stand on the SXSWi expo floor. The UK digital stand is huge and is covered with British flags so it’s very hard to miss!

Questions? Please email us: [email protected]

On behalf of

SXSW, one of the world’s leading trade festivals for music and interactive content, this year welcomes the largest delegation from the UK ever to attend the event.

As part of SXSW, UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) will host a specially curated half-day event, showcasing UK creative excellence.

The event – ‘Content, New Technologies and the Consumer Experience’ – will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn, 500 North IH 35, Austin, Texas, on Tuesday 16 March 2010, 10.30am – 6pm and will include a networking lunch. It will be a centrepiece of the UK presence at SXSW, providing the perfect platform for UK companies looking to build their network of US partners, clients, customers and contacts.

Focusing on business opportunities around new technologies, digital and mobile, the event will include panel discussions with key industry representatives, as well as networking and speed networking sessions between specially invited US and UK companies.

Ted Cohen’s TAG Strategic, the leading Digital Media consulting agency, has been specially commissioned to organise the event on behalf of UKTI. The agency has enlisted senior executives from brands, music services, rights owners and artist management to engage with delegates in a series of panels, networking breaks and keynote addresses.

UK Trade & Investment is the government organisation that helps UK-based companies succeed in the global economy and assists overseas companies to bring their high quality investment to the UK.

Venue Hilton Garden Inn,500 North IH 35, Austin, Texas

Date and timeTuesday 16 March 2010,10.30am – 6pm

Attendance is free but places are strictly limited and must be pre-booked.

To book your place(one person per company maximum) please contact [email protected] stating your name, job title, company and a short business biography, by no later than Monday 1 March 2010.

For more informationcontact Faron Mckenzieat TAG Strategic on+44 (0)7932 069967

www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk

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UKTI’s work with the UK’s

information communication

technology [ICT] sector includes:

UK companies take advantage of these and

other global opportunities.

international trade events including SXSWi,

Consumer Electronics Show and Mobile

World Congress.

technology companies together with

international buyers, such as

Technology World.

such as the US, India, China and Japan.

Visit www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk, or

call + 44 (0)20 215 8000

You can also catch up with us on

these social media channels

We’re on the stand today

Leah Mayo and Ann Lucas from UKTI Houston,

and Bal Kaur and Carmen Ayo from the ICT team

in London are on the Digital Mission stand today.

They can:

& Investment

and overseas

companies to meet with at SXSWi

If you want to know more, but have

no time to chat today, they can be

reached by these contact details:

[email protected] - +1 713 7159 446

[email protected] - +1 650 7998 310

[email protected] - +44 (0)7739 954561

[email protected] - +44 (0)7930 804595

Come and meet us for a chat.

About UK Trade & InvestmentUK Trade & Investment [UKTI] is the Government

organisation that helps UK based companies succeed

in the global economy.

UKTI also help overseas companies bring high quality

investment to the UK’s dynamic economy – acknowledged

as Europe’s best place from which to succeed. It provides

expertise and contacts through an extensive network of

specialists in the UK, in British embassies and other

diplomatic offices around the world.

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A nation with advanced digital habits and appetite

Internet infrastructure to support the nation’s digital media addiction

Games and social media

per 11 homes.

they keep in touch with friends using social

of world).

online content compared with the rest of the world - uploading more photos and videos to be shared online than anywhere else.

profiles or manage friends lists on a social networking site; 50 update their webpage

actively developing or using ‘Second Life’

individual academic level.

sites and forums more than news and media pages, community directories, online video and blogs and personal websites. A place for digital business

approximately 40,000 people, representing

media workforce.

companies employ almost 30,000 people, while 600 offline multimedia, mobile content and interactive TV firms employ 10,000 interactive content developers.

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Innovation and creativity – pioneering the digital revolution

An audience that’s ready to immerse itself in emerging media

the next generation of sound and vision for digital and

The UK Technology sector is the largest and fastest growing industry in Europe. Our companies and organisations are well-connected, open and have a global outlook, helping to underpin our position as a leading exporter of products and services.

Contact: Ian Collingwood

www.amber-light.co.uk [email protected]

London’s most experienced multi-platform user experience design consultancy. Highly qualified staff, innovative, rigorous research, beautiful, elegant designs that users love. We work all over the world with clients like Microsoft, Sony Computer Entertainment, Vodafone, eBay, LG, Samsung and RIM.

Contact: Karen Barber

[email protected]: @KLBarber

Audioboo is a platform for creating & sharing the spoken word. Initially an iPhone App, it makes it simple to record audio on the move and upload it to the web, complete with photo, title & geolocation data.

Contact: Rob Smith

www.blue-leaf.co.uk [email protected] Twitter: @robsmith_uk

Blueleaf Digital is part of Blueleaf Group, based in Cheshire. Blueleaf Digital helps clients with their digital strategy, ecommerce and digital customer engagement and is highly focused on fantastic return on investment.

Contact: Emi Gal

www.brainient.com [email protected] Twitter: @brainient

Brainient helps video publishers monetize video content by adding interactive elements and affiliate marketing. The solution works with any video management platform and only takes a few minutes to set up.

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Contact: Francesco D’Orazio

www.facegroup.co.uk [email protected] Twitter: @facecocreation

Face is a mix of researchers, planners, brand strategists and social media experts based in London. We use co-creativity to enable brands to interact directly with consumers in real-time, online and face-to-face, to deliver a range of insight, innovation and planning objectives.

Contact: Charlie Osmond

www.freshnetworks.com [email protected] Twitter: @cosmond

FreshNetworks is a social media software provider. We help brands engage customers in conversation by building and managing white-labelled online communities. We believe that communities are often the most effective and sustainable way for brands to leverage social media.

Contact: James Proud

www.giglocator.com [email protected] Twitter: @jamesproud

GigLocator enables people to discover, enjoy and share live music with ease. With recommendations based on the music that you like, you will always be able to find that nearby gig that you would have missed or try out that new band live youíve been hearing about, all with the cheapest ticket available too!

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Contact: Mark McDermott

www.codegent.com [email protected] Twitter: @mr_mcd

Codegent is an award winning, digital marketing agency based in London, UK and Bangkok, Thailand. Historically we re-invest our profits into R&D for competitive advantage. In 2010 we are taking to market a new division of the agency that exclusively develops web applications aimed at the entrepreneur and developer.

Contact: Chris Kowalczyk

www.codility.com [email protected] Twitter: @codility

Codility simplifies recruitment of software engineers by assessing programming skills over the Internet. Candidates are requested to code solutions to programming problems in a browser-based development environment. Submitted code is automatically assessed (for correctness and performance), yielding detailed evaluation reports and a clear ranking of candidates.

Contact: Wil Stephens

www.cubeinteractive.co.uk [email protected]

Cube is a leading developer of interactive, digital content and web services to major brands including BBC, ITV, Microsoft and Domino Records.Cube’s custom built social gaming engine, focused on the kids and teenage market, with built-in interaction, multi-user and monetization services, powers a number of high profile and commercially successful sites.



Contact: David Jacklin

www.littleloud.com [email protected] Twitter: @littleloud

Littleloud Studios are a BAFTA award winning creative agency producing Digital Entertainment for the film, broadcast and gaming industries. Productions are delivered to work over multiple formats including TV, Web, Mobile, Game Consoles and emerging hand held devices. Our clients include BBC, Channel 4, Nickelodeon, Paramount, Sony Entertainment and Universal Pictures.

Contact: Emmanuel Marchal

www.likecube.com [email protected] Twitter: @likecube

LikeCube, founded in 2006, develops innovative personalization and recommendations solutions for the travel and leisure industry. The company is backed by an award-winning team including a world leader in computer science and experts in semantics and scalability. Customers include the leading European local reviews site ww.qype.com.

Contact: Paul Stringer

www.littleworldgifts.com [email protected] Twitter: @lwgifts

Little World Gifts is redefining Digital Gifts on mobile platforms. The service delivers 3D interactive gifts that users can touch, play with and admire - and send to their friends on iPhone and Facebook. The company also enables global brands to engage with users via stunning 3D gift experiences.

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Contact: Clive Howard

www.howardbaines.com [email protected] Twitter: @howardbaines

Howard Baines is a web consultancy based in West London whose strategy, design and development services maximise our clients online potential. Our work with cutting edge web 2.0 start-ups and a passion for new ideas mean we naturally understand the web as it is today and will be tomorrow. This experience equips us better than others to assist established companies to exploit the internet.

Contact: Mike Flood Page

www.illumina.co.uk [email protected] Twitter: @IlluminaDigital

Illumina is a full service multiplatform production company supplying design, editorial, TV video production, software development and project management. We have won over forty national and international awards including four BAFTAs, and Best Museum on the Web creating experiences that inspire, enable and enhance learning, broadcast, entertainment, culture and heritage.

Contact: Jon Keefe

www.kmp.co.uk [email protected] Twitter: @kmpdigitata

Established in 1991, KMP Digitata creates amazing, user-centric digital experiences that have outstanding return on investment for our clients. We specialise in web development, audio visual production, email & mobile marketing, ecommerce, social media applications, PR 2.0, online brand analysis and dialogue monitoring, outreach, community management and SEO /SEM.



Contact: James

www.musicmetric.com [email protected] Twitter: @musicmetric

Musicmetric provides real-time, online analytics to the music industry. We track millions of sources, including blogs, file sharing networks and social networks. Our desktop tools reveal where music fans are active and what they are saying. Discover what the world thinks of music.

Contact: Geoffrey McCaleb

www.nsyght.com [email protected] Twitter: @nsyght

Nsyght is a social service similar to Friendfeed that allows you to aggregate, share, and search your social graph in real time. Nsyght supports threaded discussions, email alerts, inline video and photo display, and supports services such as: twitter, Facebook, Digg, Stumbleupon, Flickr, Vimeo, Delicous, and Last.fm.

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Contact: Wendy Tan White

www.moonfruit.com [email protected] Twitter: @wendytanwhite

Moonfruit has been providing DIY tools for people to design and build beautiful websites, simply since 1999. To date 2.1m+ websites have been built by small businesses, communities, families, designers, crafters, freelancers and individuals who just want to express themselves. Moonfruit is passionate about creativity and simplifying technology for everyone.Moonfruit has been profitable since 2003 and grew 70% in 2009. It is part of Gandi Group which includes sister company Gandi.net, the ethical and innovative domain name registrar and cloud VPS hosting provider.

Contact: Jan Reichelt

www.mendeley.com [email protected] Twitter: @mendeley_com

Mendeley is free academic software (for Windows, Mac, and Linux) to manage & share your research papers and a research network to manage your papers online, discover research trends and connect to like-minded researchers.

Contact: Jonathon Palmer

www.thisismobilized.com [email protected]

Mobilized has reinvented the traditional greeting card.Mobilized cards revolutionise the experience of giving or receiving cards by seamlessly integrating mobile content into paper greeting cards. It gives consumers new ways to express themselves or give something special so they can create unique moments in their friends and families lives.

Contact: Ralph Cochrane

www.mofilm.com [email protected]

MOFILM is an online video competition platform with a global community of filmmakers, working with major global brands to showcase exciting new talent and generate new ideas. MOFILM also works closely with Film Festivals and mobile operators distributing content and training young would-be filmmakers in over 85 countries.



Contact: Dominic Minns

www.pluginmedia.net [email protected] Twitter: @pluginmedia

Plug-in Media is an innovative digital media production company that uses cutting edge technology to deliver engaging, interactive entertainment experiences. We blend animation, gaming and narrative with great design and top class coding to produce work that is visually stunning, technically ground-breaking and with great storytelling and humour at its core.

Contact: Christoper Lee

www.qhub.com [email protected] Twitter: @qhub

Qhub is a quick & simple way for anyone to build a question and answer (Q&A) website. Simply choose a Qhub name and subdomain to build a new Q&A site instantly.

Qhub, launching early 2010, is a new development from the team at Blurtit.com, a Q&A community with over 11 million unique visits per month.

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Contact: James Franklin

www.pixeco.com [email protected] Twitter: @pixeco

Pixeco is a digital design studio dedicated to the film and broadcast industries. We specialise in working with film projects and finding innovative forms of film distribution. From identity creation to website design, widgets to typography, we’ll find the right mix of ideas, design and technology to match your needs.

Contact: Jasper Westaway

www.oneDrum.com [email protected] Twitter: @ onedrum

oneDrum is a free, lightweight desktop application that can turn any application into a rich, collaborative environment. The first release enables simultaneous, multi-author document creation and editing in Microsoft Office, as well as secure, synchronised file sharing and version management. Workstreams enable effective communication, coordination and control of change.

Contact: Julian Leighton

www.orangebus.co.uk [email protected] Twitter: @orangebus

Orange Bus create beautiful websites that are clean, intuitive and easy to use (and they get results - otherwise what’s the point?) Combining user experience design with visual design. We give you a CMS, let you sell things (if you want), create your social networking strategy (twitter, facebook and all that), teach you SEO and do any custom stuff that only you want (because we know how special you are).

Contact: Matthew Ogston

www.pagedo.com [email protected] Twitter: @pagedo

PageDo is an online service for building and testing highly effective landing pages for marketing, advertising and social media campaigns. PageDo provides you with all of the tools to build pages that are optimized for gathering leads and responses from your target audience.



Contact: Jonathan Markwell

www.smidgn.com [email protected] Twitter: @jot

Smidgn radically simplifies the way you share interesting facts on the web. Start using our platform as a fun way to get the back-story on your Twitter friends and followers. Share what you know to get recognition in your areas of expertise and build your online reputation.

Contact: Miles Gailford

www.subhub.com [email protected] Twitter: @subhub

SubHub makes it easy and affordable for anyone to build and manage a content website and make money from it via subscription, membership, advertising and e-commerce.

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Contact: David Courtier-Dutton

www.slicethepie.com [email protected]

Slicethepie is a consumer driven music filter and search engine. This filter powers a number of services including fan financing at www.slicethepie.com (26 artists financed to date); unique market insight/analytics for record labels and independent artists at (www.soundout.com); and semantic filtering and search solutions for major music publishers.

Contact: Lee Henshaw

www.silence-media.com [email protected] Twitter: @SilenceMedia

Silence Media is a cost per engagement (CPE) advertising network for video banner advertising. Its clients only pay when people engage with their banner ads by rolling over them. Silence works with Europe’s and America’s leading entertainment websites and was responsible for them working with the CPE model for the first time. Its clients include Sony, Universal, EMI, Beggars Group and PIAS.

Contact: Joe Stepniewski

www.skimlinks.com [email protected] Twitter: @skimlinks

Skimlinks is revolutionising the way publishers monetise their sites, by offering innovative ways to earn from their content without compromising editorial integrity or interfering with the user experience.

Built on a platform that aggregates over 20 affiliate networks, Skimlinks makes affiliate/CPA monetization easy by providing text-link based services and toolkits.

Contact: Andrew Scott

www.rummble.com [email protected]: @rummble

Rummble makes it as easy to find people and places nearby you’ll love. A real-time location based social search platform, Rummble tells you where you should go next. Walk out the door & in 30 seconds find out the places relevant to you, anywhere in the world.



Contact: Stuart Bruce

www.wolfstarconsultancy.com [email protected] Twitter: @wolfstarpr

Wolfstar is an awarding winning international public relations, social media and word of mouth marketing and communications specialist. Services include communications strategy, social media audits, online influencer relations and blogger outreach, digital PR and online media relations. Clients include Sony Ericsson, Discovery Channel, First Direct (HSBC), Philips and the NHS.

Contact: Alx Klive

www.worldtv.com [email protected] Twitter: @worldtv

WorldTV let’s anyone create their own TV Station, on the Internet, for free. A ‘universal player’ and flexible video publishing platform allows users to curate the millions of clips that exist on YouTube, their own web servers and other video sites. Since launch, 200,000 channels have been created by users in 200 countries. These channels will ultimately be available on traditional TV via Wi-Fi enabled TV’s and set-top boxes.

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Contact: Ted Han

www.videojuicer.com [email protected] Twitter: @knowtheory

Videojuicer is a powerful and flexible online video platform, offering a range of products and services such as customizable video players, video analytics, video monetization, and live-event video streaming. With customers like Burberry, Telegraph.co.uk, Plushmusic.tv and Pokerstars.tv, Videojuicer attracts highly engaged communities around high quality video content.

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Contact: James Mayes

www.tweetjobs.net [email protected] Twitter: @Tweetjobsnet

TweetJobs brings two decades of front-line UK recruitment experience together with some of the best Twitter developers available. Our Tweets are effective, well formatted and targeted, but also part of a wider strategy to strengthen communication between recruiters and candidates. Our metrics allow clients to develop as Twitter users evolve.

Contact: Dragos Ilinca

www.ubervu.com [email protected] Twitter: @ubervu

UberVu helps small and medium companies and freelancers find out and understand what’s being said about them on the web in real time. In just 5 minutes a day they can see who and what is important for their business and act.

Contact: Simon Montford

www.vibio.com [email protected] Twitter: @vibio

Vibio.com (View Inventory By Invitation Only) is a web based Social Trading Application that has been optimized for eBay.com, Amazon.com and Facebook.com. It enables users to notify their friends and trusted contacts before they are about to buy or sell their personal possessions, giving people they know and trust first refusal.

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Sponsors

Winston & StrawnContact: Barry Vitou

Twitter: @bazv Winston & Strawn LLP is an international law firm with 1000 attorneys

among 11 offices in Charlotte, Chicago, Geneva, London, Los Angeles,

Moscow, New York, Newark, Paris, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

Pending local regulatory approval in mainland China and Hong Kong, we

plan to soon open offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai. Our firm

serves the needs of enterprises of all types and sizes, in all sectors.

The exceptional depth and geographic reach of our resources enable

Winston & Strawn to manage virtually every type of business-related

legal issue. We understand that clients are looking for value beyond just

legal expertise. We deliver what our clients want from us. Unusually, we

take the time to learn about our clients and their business objectives.

We remain committed to the traditions of client service, professional

development, and community involvement instilled by our leaders of the

past, while embracing the innovations driving the legal profession in the

21st century. www.winston.com

Contact: Danvers Baillieu

Twitter: @danversbaillieu

Sun Startup EssentialsContact: Stewart Townsend

Twitter: @stewarttownsend

Exclusively for startups, the fee-free Sun Startup Essentials

program offers deep discounts on industry leading systems and

storage products, massively scalable Web hosting services, plus

FREE training and technical advice. Build your business on an

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Huge thanks to our sponsors; international law firm Winston & Strawn and Sun Startup Essentials


Geographically located in the centre of

England, it is home to the vibrancy of

Birmingham, the UK’s second largest city,

together with the history and culture of towns

and areas such as Stratford-upon-Avon and

the Cotswolds. This central location means

90% of the UK’s population is within 5 hours

drive time. Moreover, with a population of 7

million people within 1 hour of the centre of

Birmingham and 13 local universities, there is a

wealth of skilled talent on the doorstep.

And when it comes to the games industry, the

region’s credentials are just as impressive,

with over 25% of the UK’s games workforce

employed in the West Midlands – no wonder

really with the availability of such a wealth

of skills, cutting-edge research and existing

experience to draw upon.

Richard Butler, Head of Inward Investment,

Advantage West Midlands comments: “SXSWi

is a critical event on our calendar, as it provides

a place for British companies to connect to

American ones and for us to showcase the

booming digital media industry which the

region is home to. Our stand at SXSWi, which

forms part of the British Digital Mission, will

be a hub for a spectrum of companies from

the region to gather and network. Creative

digital agency, Fish in a Bottle, whose clients

include the BBC, Nickelodeon and Disney is

just one of around 15 who will be doing just

this, and demonstrating their technologies to

American companies who may be interested

in expanding their business to Europe,

whilst we’ll be helping to connect American

businesses to the region, by making sure that

they can access the support services and

investment which is available to them.

www.theheartofengland.co.uk/digitalmedia

Northern Ireland has a huge reputation in

interactive circles and will be part of a wider

UK contingent of companies. Northern Ireland

has spawned incredibly successful companies

in the web services, gaming, mobile apps

and interactive media spaces – and all these

sectors will be represented in Austin this year.

Follow the NorthernIreland@SXSW team by

visiting www.NIatSXSW.com or follow the

#NISXSW hash tag on Twitter. There may be

a pint of the black stuff in it for you!

Airpos – www.airpos.co.uk

David Rice - www.davidjrice.co.uk

Digital Robot Software – www.digitalsoftware.com

Filmtrip Ltd – www.filmtrip.tv

Good on Paper – www.goodonpaper.org

No More Art – www.nomoreart.com

Origin Partners – www.origin-partners.com

Sonic Academy – www.sonicacademy.com

The Design Zoo – www.thedesignzoo.co.uk

Lee Munroe – www.leemunroe.com

Frank Design &

Communications Ltd – www.frankideaworks.com.

Contact: Terry Reilly, Invest NI: [email protected]

Twitter: @TradeandExport

Regional Missions @ SXSWi

The West Midlands region, the Heart of

England, is at the heart of the UK computer

games industry – in every sense.

Eleven companies from Northern Ireland

will be hitting Austin for SXSW Interactive

www.theheartofengland.co.uk/digitalmedia

Techfluff.tv is a video news site reporting on European Internet culture. Their blog covers technology startups, social media, entrepreneurs, news and events from the European tech scene including coverage from across Europe from their team of correspondents. Techfluff.tv is a production of their sister company Newspepper.com.

www.computerweekly.com eu.techcrunch.com

Media partners

Video partner

Video sponsor

www.guardian.co.uk

www.techfluff.tv

www.viadeo.com

Founded in June 2004, Viadeo quickly established itself as an essential tool for professional networking in Europe and beyond. Since then, Viadeo is used by those who want to increase their business opportunities (to discover new clients, staff and business partners), enhance their visibility and their online reputation, and manage and develop their network of professional contacts.


British Music@SXSW is back this year with its biggest ever delegation, organised by a partnership consisting of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the major trade organisations AIM (Association of Independent Music) and rights collecting societies PPL and PRS for Music .

Over 200 UK acts have been invited to perform and around 500 delegates are expected to attend, with Regional representation from; Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, North West, Yorkshire and London, all hosting events at the British Music Embassy, UK companies will also be in attendance at SXSW, seeking overseas partnerships, securing licensing deals and establishing publishing agreements.

British Music Embassy;

The British Music Embassy is open from Monday 15th to Saturday 20th March Acts Include: Billy Bragg, Get Cape Wear Cape

Fly, One Night Only, And So I watch you From Afar, Band of Skulls, Pulled Apart By Horses, Mr Hudson, Everything Everything, The Drums, Broadcast 2000, Soft Toy Emergency & Django Django to name a few! The full line up can be found at www.britishmusic.biz..This year the Embassy will also be hosting its first Film & Music collaboration with Monday night’s Strummerville & Jail Guitar Doors Party which celebrates the premiere of the music documentary “Strummerville“, directed by Don Letts at the SXSW Film Festival. The party will present artists who are with the charity or have benefited from its support and who appeared in the film. Another first is the “Ras Kwame presents” gig, hosted in association with UKTI, which showcases a selection of hot new UK urban and R & B influenced pop artists including VV Brown and Master Shortie. Content, New Technologies and the Consumer Experience” Tuesday March 16th Hilton Garden Inn 2010

UKTI Connecting for Creativity Event

This year we see an increasing collaboration between music and interactive.

For the first time UKTI are hosting a forum Content, New Technologies and the Consumer Experience. It will provide the perfect platform for UK companies at SXSW looking to build their network of US partners, clients, customers and contacts. Focusing on business opportunities around new technologies, digital and mobile, the event will marry UK and US companies from across the three key sectors attending SXSW - Interactive, Music and Film - and will focus on facilitating cross-sector business opportunities between specially invited US and UK companies. For further info contact [email protected]

Panels and events:

“Pervasive Games and Playful Experiences” UKTI’s Creative Industries team is sponsoring a panel at SXSWi led by UK company iShed discussing “Pervasive Games and Playful Experiences” on Tuesday 16th March. UKTI & SXSW UK Music Managers Speed Dating event SXSW Trade Floor Speed Dating Area, Friday 19th March, at 12.30 AIM and A2IM - Label Members Speed Date: Venue British Music at SXSW Stand; within the main exhibition hall. DATE & TIME TBC

UK creativity has been hugely influential in global media; entertainment and the arts. The tradition of creative individuality in the UK stimulates innovation and creates an environment for commercial exploitation and development – no where is this more true than within the British music industry; a distinctive international brand – hard to define precisely, but with an unmistakable energy and authenticity.


Did you know UK music is a major UK export, worth around US$2 billion annually. The UK is the second-largest exporter of music repertoire in the world (after the USA). In the US itself, the UK is the second-largest source of repertoire, after US home-grown. International royalties earned by UK acts have more than doubled since 1999. The UK is a gateway to Europe for global companies, with the likes of SonyBMG and Warner Music Group having their European

The UK is a must-stop venue for international

of live music available week-in, week-out across the UK. UK talent has come to the attention of mainstream audiences via digital channels like MySpace and YouTube. Examples include Sandi Thom, Lilly Allen and Arctic Monkeys.

To find out more about all British Music @SXSW events - Come to the ‘British Music @ SXSW Stand’ in the main conference centre or visit www.Britishmusic.biz

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British events @ SXSWiGreat British BreakfastTuesday, 16th March – 9:30am - 11:30am

Paradise Cafe, 401 East Sixth Street

The Great British Breakfast is a networking event organised by Digital Mission for 250

international digital practitioners, press and investors working in the interactive space.

Take this opportunity to join the top innovative digital entrepreneurs and companies

from the UK. Discover the British scene and meet the people who are at the heart of it

over a traditional British fry-up.

RSVP: http://digital-mission.org/gbb

Panel SessionPervasive Games and Playful Experiences

Tuesday,16th March 10am - 11am

UKTI’s Creative Industries team is sponsoring a panel at SXSWi led by UK company

iShed discussing Pervasive Games and Playful Experiences: Rendering in the

Real World.

Content, New Technologies and the Consumer Experience

Tuesday, 16th March – 10:30am - 6pm

Hilton Garden Inn

This year we see an increasing collaboration between music and interactive.

For the first time UKTI are hosting a forum: “Content, New Technologies and the

Consumer Experience”. Focusing on business opportunities around new technologies,

digital and mobile, the event will marry UK and US companies from across the three

key sectors attending SXSW - Interactive, Music and Film and will focus on facilitating

cross-sector business opportunities between specially invited companies from the US

and UK. For more info: [email protected]

UKTI @ SXSWiTuesday, 16th March – 8pm - 1am

British Music Embassy @ Latitude 30, 512 San Jacinto

Fenech-Solar, One Night Only, Unicorn Kid, Stricken City, Viva City

RSVP @ www.britishmusic.biz

Texas Tuttle 2Sunday, 14th March – 12pm - 2pmDigital Mission stand, SXSWi expo floorThe renowned weekly get-together is coming to Texas for the second annual Texas Tuttle. Every Friday morning, a group of people come together to talk and work around social media at London’s Centre for Creative Collaboration. This year a small band of Tuttlers is taking the long way round to get to Austin, stopping off in five other US cities on the way for conversations about the effect of the web on national cultures. As there are allied and similar groups all over the UK and with so many of the Tuttle group in Austin, a gathering with like-minded souls from the UK and the US is planned with tea, coffee, pastries and fresh fruit to help the discussion along.Tuttle Club: www.tuttleclub.wordpress.com

Panel Session: Digital Britain: How to Launch into EuropeMonday, 15th March – 5:00pm - 6:00 pmThe UK’s thriving digital sector has been boosted by the Digital Britain initiative overhauling the country’s Internet infrastructure and legislation. The (mostly) shared language between the US and UK makes Britain a natural starting point for US firms to tackle Europe.

Quiz our expert panel on how to setup, find partners, make in-roads with large corporates and understand the digital landscape, whilst keeping your expansion FUBAR-free.

Speakers:CHAIR: Sam Michel - Founder, Chinwag / Digital Missions, Lead Organiser of Social Media Week London Jemima Kiss - Digital Media Reporter, Guardian.co.uk Joe Stepniewski - Co-Founder at SkimlinksRichard Titus - CEO, Associated Northcliffe Digital LimitedMike Teasedale - Partner at Harvest Digital

About ChinwagThe Chinwag community is a focal point for digital media practitioners in the UK and beyond. Founded in 1996, it has grown into a community media company that publishes websites, discussion forums and blogs supporting the people and companies who work in the digital industry. In February 2007 the Chinwag Live events series launched, topical panel discussions that have also gone on tour around the UK. Since July 2008, Chinwag have worked closely with UK Trade & Investment in organising the Digital Mission series, which help UK digital SME’s to expand their businesses abroad, forge partnerships with US companies and seek investment from overseas. They also publish Chinwag Jobs, the leading recruitment website for digital marketing, media, technical and design positions.

Sam MichelPhone: +44(0)7887 627 115 Twitter: @toodlepip Email: [email protected]

Emily FisherPhone: +44(0)7921 528 361 Twitter: @embofish Email: [email protected]

Ed FrenchPhone: +44 (0)7747 616 573 Twitter: @edfrench81 Email: [email protected]

Digital Mission company contactsCompany Contact email Telephone

Amberlight Ian Collingwood [email protected] +44 (0) 7966 691 157

Audioboo Karen Barber [email protected] +44 (0) 7789 793 237

Blueleaf Digital Rob Smith [email protected] +44 (0) 7736 319 735

Brainient Emi Gal [email protected] +44 (0) 7787 000 000

Codegent Mark McDermott [email protected] +44 (0) 7713 789 046

Codility Chris Kowalczyk [email protected] +44 (0) 7756 368 396

Cube Interactive Wil Stephens [email protected] +44 (0) 7968 325 637

Face Group Francesco D’Orazio [email protected] +44 (0) 7545 502 460

FreshNetworks Charlie Osmond [email protected] +44 (0) 7939 011 372

GigLocator James Proud [email protected] +44 (0) 7926 995 325

Howard Baines Clive Howard [email protected] +44 (0) 7973 111 995

Illumina Digital Mike Flood Page [email protected] +44 (0) 7950 324 090

KMP Digitata Jon Keefe [email protected] +44 (0) 7979 658 398

Likecube Emmanuel Marchal [email protected] +44 (0) 7590 075 035

Littleloud David Jacklin [email protected] +44 (0) 7977 500 415

Little World Gifts Paul Stringer [email protected] +44 (0) 7540 844 660

Mendeley Jan Reichelt [email protected] +44 (0) 7515 283 003

Moblized Jonathon Palmer [email protected] +44 (0) 7970 007 208

MOFILM Ralph Cochrane [email protected] +44 (0) 7940 123 455

Moonfruit Wendy Tan White [email protected] +44 (0) 7802 249 602

Musicmetric James Clarke [email protected] +44 (0) 7909 992 288

Nsyght Geoffrey McCaleb [email protected] +44 (0) 7900 911 823

oneDrum Jasper Westaway [email protected] +44 (0) 7970 237 429

Orange Bus Julian Leighton [email protected] +44 (0) 7970 957 981

PageDo Matthew Ogston [email protected] +44 (0) 7968 541 655

Pixeco James Franklin [email protected] +44 (0) 7971 789 355

Plug-in Media Dominic Minns [email protected] +44 (0) 7751 104 003

Qhub Christoper Lee [email protected] +44 (0) 7930 367 844

Rummble Andrew Scott [email protected] +44 (0) 7831 543 992

Silence Media Lee Henshaw [email protected] +44 (0) 7939 053 130

Skimlinks Joe Stepniewski [email protected] +44 (0) 7989 486 621

Slicethepie David Courtier-Dutton [email protected] +44 (0) 7740 456 654

Smidgn Jonathan Markwell [email protected] +44 (0) 7766 021 485

SubHub Miles Gailford [email protected] +44 (0) 7718 778 778

TweetJobs James Mayes [email protected] +44 (0) 7770 667 578

UberVu Dragos Ilinca [email protected] +44 (0) 7532 150 986

Vibio Simon Montford [email protected] +44 (0) 7776 232 566

Videojuicer Ted Han [email protected] +1 614 395 9252

Wolfstar Stuart Bruce [email protected] +44 (0) 7852 135 456

WorldTV Alx Klive [email protected] +44 (0) 7900 123 245


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