CoSTAR Screen Lab Call: 5G Innovation in Screen Technologies

CoSTAR Screen Lab invited creative companies to explore innovative applications of 5G in the screen and performance sectors.

Synopsis

The CoSTAR Screen Lab is exploring how 5G is accelerating innovation in the screen and performance sectors including film, TV, gaming, and beyond. 5G offers faster speeds, lower latency, higher capacity, increased flexibility, and increased reliability, supporting a range of digital applications in the creative industries such as virtual production, broadcast, advertising, digital twinning, automation and generative AI, amongst others.

This programme is designed to support innovative applications of 5G in the screen and performance sectors and will encourage proposals addressing a range of potential challenges including those in content production, multi-site collaboration, data access, distribution, consumption, net-zero and sustainability. This call is now closed but you can find out more about it in the Full Call Brief document.

Announcement about the successful companies coming soon.

Social Impact

Environmental Sustainability and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) are central to our work at CoSTAR and all our Access Programmes. All projects, regardless of their main R&D focus, are expected to have a demonstrable engagement with either EDI, sustainability or both. This will be supported by training and mentorship in areas that include; equitable design, developing environmental sustainability principles and working with diverse user groups. 

Timeline

Open Date for Applications: Monday 31 March 2025

Closing Date for Applications: Thursday 22 May 2025, 14.00 GMT

Project Start and Duration: Projects will be 3 months in duration and will begin after 1 September 2025 and end by 30 November 2025.