As part of MediaRoad, we made contact with NMA. NMA, full Next Media Accelerator, is one of the largest hubs for media innovation in Europe. As the NMA invited us to their half-yearly demo day in Hamburg, we chose to combine our trip with some other potential partners. Due to NMA's strong (inter)national community, we easily got access to the right media organizations.
Visiting France Télévisions, our first international Sandbox
Blogpost by Sarah Geeroms
France Télévisions was the first official partner to confirm its participation in our Sandbox Hub. By joining the MediaRoad project, it is clear that they’re committed to innovation.
As we will be working closely from 2018, I wonder how our French colleagues are approaching innovation today. So I travelled to Paris for a short two-day immersion at France TV where I meet Frédéric, my Sandbox Hub contact, at the station. After this nice reunion and with the necessary updates over lunch, we start our program in the offices of France TV. You can virtually visit the offices of France TV via this link: http://www.francetelevisions.fr/lab/projets/visite-virtuelle-francetelevisions
The accelerator, a first test
France TV has worked together with startups several times in the past, even though this was not done in a structured way until 2015. Since then, France
VRT Sandbox enables Punch Powertrain Solar Team to livestream from the desert
Blogpost writted by Karel De Bondt & Sarah Geeroms, based on the article by Hans Massart
The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge took place at the beginning of October, and the achieved result for the Belgian Team has been outstanding. Not only by the Punch Powertrain Solar Team’s fantastic 3rd place in the Challenger Class, but also by the very successful daily live talk-show that was jointly produced in the absolute middle of nowhere.
As the sun set in Adelaide, Australia, on October 12, the Punch Powertrain Solar Team celebrated its well-deserved third place in the Challenger Class of the 2017 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
Over five days, the carefully crafted Belgian solar car made its way across 3,021 kilometers of Australian outback, negotiating traffic lights and road trains, and enduring challenging temperatures and wind gusts, while successfully harnessing solar power to maintain an impressive average speed of 76.2 km/h throughout the race.