About Us
3C Research
3C Research (3CR) is a not-for-profit members company. We support collaborative research projects involving universities and commercial organisation, both large and small, in the fields of digital media and communications.
3CR creates an environment where a wide variety of industry players can come together to share their perspectives and skills in order to develop new technologies and understand emerging markets. The 3CR network combines leading edge research and the entrepreneurial energy of new start-ups. This enables its members to create and realise new solutions at every level from underlying technologies to whole systems.
3CR's Approach
3CR's research programme brings academic and commercial members together in executing challenging collaborative projects The research programme is distinctive in two key respects:
- research spanning both digital media and communications
- focus on real world problems, involving in-situ user testing
3CR is unique in its ability to combine research perspectives from both digital media and communications in real world settings. We put together all the elements of end-to-end solutions for content creation, processing, management and distribution over both wired and wireless communication networks.
3CR Activities
3CR provides the infrastructure for collaborative research. We can provide any or all of the following services to commercial companies and research organisations wishing to engage in collaborative research.
- project management
- financial management
- intellectual property management
- marketing
- dissemination and exploitation of project results
- networking events
Creative Technology Network
In July 2007 3CR and Watershed founded the Creative Technology Network (CTN).
The aim of CTN is to bring together individuals and organisations from across computing, communications and the creative industries. With a focus on cross-sector networking and collaboration, the year-round programme of events, workshops and showcases seeks to establish an active community from across academia, industry and the arts, to share good practice, support innovation and enhance research.
