The Northeast of England is home to a growing and thriving digital sector. To invest in this evolutionary rebirth, Codeworks, a nonprofit organization, runs events around Newcastle to promote and engage audiences within the digital community. To promote to creative youths and young adults inspired to become involved in this digital market, Codeworks with support [...]

South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive is an annual festival in Austin, Texas. Why this city in particular? Two simple facts: It’s nicknamed “Silicon Hills” for its abundance of technology companies and startup culture, and its official slogan, “The Live Music Capital of the World.” Nick Bell, co-founder of Quick.tv, is attending SXSWi spreading the [...]

Over the past few weeks we’ve been working with the guys over at Orangepanda to bring our vision of Buck to life, in glorious technicolour.
We’ve had a few requests to blog our creative process for the benefit of other startups looking to create branding for their company at an early stage. So here goes…
Stage 1: [...]

When the phone rings you turn down the radio or TV and take the call. Why? Because you are more interested in talking to someone. If the doorbell goes when you are on the phone you end the call and open the door. Why? Because you are more interested in talking to someone in person.
So [...]

Just days after Obama has been sworn-into the most difficult job on the planet, we are facing a bit of a challenge too. The economy is reportedly in its worst condition since records began, there’s talk of a three-day working week and we are about to launch Quick.tv. And we’re feeling good.
Maybe there’s a bit [...]

I love foie gras.
It melts in your mouth like chocolate, spreading to all corners with a message of sweetness and joy. By the time you swallow it has turned from a solid to a liquid. Grown-up baby-food of the highest order.
Trouble is, it comes at a cost even higher than the sticker price. Stories abound [...]

In the past we’ve purposely kept quiet to focus on our ‘top secret development project’. However now we’re close to the BETA public release we’re ready to start talking, so here is the first of our weekly updates….
So what have we been up to?
In December we sponsored Twestival, which was a festive drinks event for the [...]

We’ve just created a FriendFeed account. Feel free to follow us.
For those of you who don’t know what FriendFeed is:
FriendFeed enables you to keep up-to-date on the web pages, photos, videos and music that your friends and family are sharing. It offers a unique way to discover and discuss information among friends.

BBC Technology reporter Maggie Shiels has recently done a two-part assessment of how she believes technology will fare over the next 12 months. Interestingly in part two she interviews Jim Patterson, product manager at YouTube who talks about the emergence of a new generation;
Marketers like to caricature them (generations) and give them names: baby boomers, generation X [...]

Technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones speaks to Quick TV co-founder Nick Bell in a report on trying to start a company in the current economic climate.
Missed the interview? http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7809000/7809295.stm

On Wednesday we attended the TechCrunchTalk. After the event we were invited to take part in a pitch competition involving a range of startups from the UK, Germany and even Iceland.
Quick TV Co-founder Nick Bell delivered a winning pitch and later shared the prize.

NORTH EAST venture capital firm, NorthStar Equity Investors (NSEI), has completed a £850,000 investment into Newcastle-based TV technology company, Quick.tv Limited.
Leading a consortium of investors, NorthStar Equity Investors has backed the innovative business with £500,000 from its Co-Investment Fund (COIF) and helped attract a further £350,000 funding for the company from private individuals and the [...]

Quick.tv are pleased to announce their sponsorship of Twinterval.
Twinterval is a festive drinks event for the London Twitter community.

Want to be one of the first to experience Quick TV? Make sure you request an access code.
more information coming soon…