Sponsors

2010 ScreenBurn Sponsors

Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the ScreenBurn at SXSW Interactive Festival enables you to connect, discover and inspire your link to the cutting edge.

Interested in becoming a Sponsor or Media Sponsor for SXSW ScreenBurn 2010?

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2010 Sponsors

Renowned for its support of the Austin music scene. The Austin Chronicle is Austin’s weekly community newspaper, covering politics, art and culture since 1981. If it’s important to Austin, it’s in the Chronicle.

101X, established in 1995, provides the soundtrack for Austin’s alternative & independent rock crowd. Recently named 2008 Alternative Station of the Year by Radio & Records.

2010 ScreenBurn at SXSW Game Design Competition Sponsor

USA Network is the #1 network in all of basic cable and is seen in over 98.5 million U.S. homes. A division of NBC Universal, USA is the cable television leader in original series and home to the best in blockbuster theatrical films, acquired television series and entertainment events. The award-winning USA website is located at www.usanetwork.com. Characters Welcome.

USA Network is a program service of NBC Universal Cable a division of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.

2010 ScreenBurn at SXSW B2B Panel Track & Mixer Sponsor

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) is the U.S. association exclusively dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of companies that publish computer and video games for video game consoles, personal computers, and the Internet.

The ESA offers a range of services to interactive entertainment software publishers including a global anti-piracy program, business and consumer research, government relations and intellectual property protection efforts. The ESA also owns and operates the E3 Expo.

2010 ScreenBurn at SXSW Arcade Presentation / Music Stage Sponsor

Massive Black is the game & entertainment universe developer. Titles include God of War 3, Transformers & Bioshock 2. www.theartdepartment.org is a bleeding edge art school specializing in Entertainment Design, Illustration, I.P. Development & Fine Art. Every Day:

The T.A.D. / Massive Black stage at SXSW is the hangout spot for creative people. Check out the live digital and traditional art demonstrations happening all day long in the 2010 ScreenBurn Arcade.

2010 Media Sponsors

The Digital Media Council (DMC) supports and creates industry-led collaborations with educators and community leaders to strategically advance the economic growth of the digital media and creative technology and design industries of Central Texas. The systemic and long-term initiatives of the DMC provide educators and students, from the middle school to the university level, with knowledge, resources, and skills relevant to these fields, in order to cultivate a prepared and successful workforce, ensuring the continued security, expansion, and innovation of these industries in our region.

GDC Austin returns this September—blazing the trail for connected and online games including virtual worlds, casual games, MMOs, and social networking in game play. Gain new insight over four days on topics like digital distribution models, micro transactions that work, and the new rules of free-to-play in conference tracks such as business management, design, production, programming, services, and social networking. New for 2009, GDC Austin also covers iPhone games and independent games in our Summits. Register before August 13 and receive up to 25% off! Learn more about the pass options here.

Gameleon.net is the online networking hub for members of the video games industry's press corps. This business networking tool allows video game journalists to gain ideas from each other, solicit valuable feedback on their work and web destinations, seek new writing opportunities, ask questions, and a lot more. Games industry professionals are invited get in touch and connect with gaming press members across the globe to help them get the word out on their latest projects.

On October 27th and 28th in downtown Toronto, industry experts will explore strategies surrounding funding opportunities including venture capital, angel investment, project financing, public and private equity. GameON: Finance offers great networking opportunities, exceptional value and unmatched industry insight into the world of video game financing and investment. For more information, speaker list, draft schedule, travel and venue information, visit www.gameonfinance.com.

Getin2Games is designed to provide a direct link between businesses in the video game industry and the feeder institutions around the globe that provide us with students for internships and graduates for entry level positions in all aspects of the gaming industry.

The Global Game Jam™ (GGJ) was established in 2009 as an IGDA event with great success and media attention. Lives were changed, jobs found, ideas sold, collaborations and opportunities abound... plus it was a lot of fun. GGJ brings together talented individuals and teams from around the globe and rallies them around a central theme, for which they have 48 hours to create their game. For more information on the Global Game Jam, registration & locations including photos and video from the 2009 event and more, visit at http://globalgamejam.org.

Hope Arcade is your place to enjoy all of your favorite casual games with one very big difference: 70 percent of all net profits from www.HopeArcade.com will be donated to the March of Dimes organization. Play Games, Make a Difference!

The International Game Developers Association is the largest non-profit membership organization serving individuals that create video games. Its mission is to advance the careers and enhance the lives of game developers by connecting members with their peers, promoting professional development, and advocating on issues that affect the developer community. The Austin chapter of the IGDA is a nonprofit advocacy group for the video game industry in Austin, Texas. Our goals are focused on strengthening professional game development in the Austin area by fostering a sense of community amongst game developers, attracting and retaining talent in Austin, and showcasing Austin as an excellent game development community. We hold events, parties, and professional development panels for Austin game developers as well as those soon-to-be game developers. The IGDA-Austin is the networking opportunity for Austin area game developers.

The destination for recruitment, staffing, career and consulting services in the global interactive entertainment industry. Mary-Margaret Network offers valuable resources to help companies and individuals stay apprised of industry trends. We place outstanding candidates, from C-level executives to individual contributors, in every department and profession. Since 1996, our focus on superior service to employers and candidates has earned us an unsurpassed reputation for recruitment management and career development.

Music4Games.Net is the award-winning #1 resource for the video game music industry. Music4Games.Net delivers an invaluable spotlight on today's emerging video game soundtrack industry and is the leading provider of game music infotainment for developers, publishers, producers, audio directors, music supervisors, composers, soundtrack collectors, dedicated gamers, students, marketers and music industry executives. For more information about Music4Games, go to Music4Games.net.

The most influential decision-makers in the digital media industry gather at NY Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment. NY Games Conference – now in its 3rd year – features lively debate on timely cutting-edge business topics. Executives from publishers, developers, advertising, investment firms, social networks, technology providers and content companies mingle together at this top industry event. This is a "must attend" event for entertainment, media and technology executives working in the game industry. For more information and a complete agenda go to www.nygamesconference.com.