*Registration Now Open:* *Kick-Starting Media:* *Cultures of Funding in Contemporary Media Industries* *One-Day International Symposium: 9 June 2016* *Media Futures Research Centre, Bath Spa University* *Held at Bath Spa University, Newton Park Campus* *Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BN* *Confirmed keynotes:* Professor Gillian Doyle, University of Glasgow Professor Mario La Torre, University of Rome We are delighted to annouce that registration is now open for *Kick-Starting Media: Cultures of Funding in Contemporary Media Industries *taking place at Bath Spa University on Thursday 9th June 2016. Recent public debates over funding in the media industries seem tied to the impact of digitisation, which has provided a catalyst for change in terms of how media is now produced and consumed across multiple platforms. As such, basic business models for funding media are changing too. Trends such as crowdfunding and co-creation as well as subscription-based platforms like Netflix and video-on-demand services such as iTunes have all made media more sharable and personal, but all of these trends and services also raise further questions about the funding priorities, strategies and policies in the arts, media and culture sectors. It is thus timely to take stock of cultures of funding in contemporary media industries, and this symposium aims to provide a platform for analysing impacts of these contemporary funding trends, be it on texts, audiences, technologies, cultures or industries. It is with this aim in mind that *Kick-Starting Media: Cultures of Funding in Contemporary Media Industries* considers funding cultures in and across different media, including film, television, comics, newspapers, videogames, radio and music. The event features panels on global cinema and television funding, public service broadcasting, transmedia and transnational production cultures, videogames, comics and anime funding priorities, digital, radio and music business models, news and journalism funding, as well as keynote lectures about the present and future models and implications of global media funding from Professor Gillian Doyle (University of Glasgow) and Professor Mario La Torre (University of Rome). To register, please go to: https://www.bathspalive.com/online/article/kickstarting The symposium fee is £20, which includes lunch, tea and coffee throughout the day, and an evening wine reception. Further updates about the symposium, including a provisional programme, can be found here: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/schools/humanities-and-cultural-industries/events/kick-starting-media For further information or for any queries please contact Matthew Freeman ( [log in to unmask]). *Dr Matthew Freeman, FHEA* *Senior Lecturer in Media Communications* *Director, Media Futures Research Centre* *CoLA - Digital Academy* *Bath Spa University* T: +44 (0)1225 876708 Visit www.bathspa.ac.uk Join us on: Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/bath.spa.university> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/BathSpaUni> | YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/user/BathSpaUniversity> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/company/bath-spa-university> Newton Park, Newton St Loe, Bath, BA2 9BN. ---- Learn to speak like a film/TV professor! Listen to the ScreenLex podcast: http://www.screenlex.org