Greg Mothersdale is a Research and Development (R&D) Producer for Media Cymru, leading on our Green pillar. He shares the positive activity happening in Wales towards building a more sustainable media sector.

Rusty Design share their extraordinary research and development (R&D) journey around manufacturing sustainable props for the media industry.

The Sustainability Coordinator training programme, funded by Media Cymru in partnership with Severn Screen and Earth to Action, and supported by Ymddiried and Creative Wales, trained six people to become Sustainability Coordinators in the High-End Television (HETV) industry.

In an exclusive interview as part of Media Cymru’s “Tanio’r Dyfodol” innovation campaign, Rhuanedd Richards (Director of Nations at BBC) shares why innovation is critical for the BBC’s future, why the Content Innovation Fund with Media Cymru was created, and her hopes for the sector in the next ten years.

David Levy – Managing Director of fivefold studios – shares his thoughts on the importance of research and development in creating sustainable businesses and his advice for startups in Wales.

The Production Guild of Great Britain’s (PGGB) Welsh Committee joined forces with Creative Wales, Media Cymru and Ffilm Cymru Wales to host a sustainability showcase on 2 July 2025 at Great Point Studios, Cardiff.

Media Cymru, a consortium of broadcast, production and academic institutions and businesses in Wales, has commissioned specialist training provider Final Pixel Academy to deliver a 9-month Virtual Production (VP) Fellowship ™ programme in 2025/2026.

Five innovative Research and Development (R&D) projects share £100,000 of investment from the Media Cymru x Ffilm Cymru Wales Climate Stories Fund.

BBC Cymru Wales and Media Cymru have awarded five production companies up to £20,000 each to research and develop ideas which tell innovative stories of the climate crisis.

The Climate Stories Fund will support Research and Development (R&D) projects leading to innovative ways to inspire audiences.

Ffilm Cymru Wales and Media Cymru have invested £307,675 in the development of seven innovative projects aiming to make Wales’ screen sector greener.

The 2024 funding round is for Wales-based production companies to research, develop and commission innovation-driven content to engage audiences with the climate crisis across Wales and beyond.

A brand-new training programme funded by Media Cymru is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK to signal a step-change in the industry’s approach to sustainable high-end TV production.