Delivery Partner for CoSTAR

Client: The CoSTAR Network

Location: UK

Commissioned by the AHRC-funded Convergent Screen Technologies and Performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) network, SPI is a delivery partner in the CoSTAR Foresight Lab. The Foresight Lab is a collaborative partnership between SPI, Goldsmiths, University of London, the BFI, Loughborough University London, the University of Edinburgh, and other partners, contributing expertise in creative industries strategy and policy.

As a delivery partner, SPI is providing regular and ad-hoc industry intelligence on international research, technology and industry trends, ensuring the effectiveness and relevance of the network’s outputs.

Contact SPI Consultant Joshua Dedman on joshua@o-spi.com for further information.

For more information on the UK government’s Creative Industries Sector Vision, which CoSTAR is part, read the press release here and the full publication here.

Published Reports

• Creative Technologies International Scan, which looks at the adoption of technologies in gaming, television, film, performance and digital entertainment across the globe in the 2025. Read the 2024 edition here, the Q1 2025 scan here, Q2 2025 scan here and Q3 2025 scan here.

• AI Policy and its Impacts on the Screen Sector Across the Globe (2026), exploring the rapidly evolving relationship between AI, policy, and the screen sector. Through international case studies – Australia, California, Canada and France – the study explores how different jurisdictions are approaching AI policy, how screen sector organisations are experiencing its impacts in practice, and which lessons are most relevant for the UK as its own AI policy framework continues to develop.