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BBC Digital Accelerator

BBC Digital Accelerator is a support programme for production companies with a track record in digital content, based in the North East Combined Authority, to develop digital-first ideas for online platforms. This scheme has closed.

Run by North East Screen, BBC

Checked against the official page (northeastscreen.org) on 5 Oct 2026.

This scheme has closed

It closed on 21 November 2025. It stays here in case it reopens; check with the organisation for future rounds.

Support for production companies to develop digital content for online platforms, delivered by North East Screen in partnership with the BBC.

Status and deadline

Status

Closed

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closed 21 November 2025

As stated: The deadline for the expression of interest form is 11.59pm, Friday 21st November 2025.

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Production companies with a track record in monetisable digital content, seeking to develop digital-first ideas or explore opportunities in the digital space.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

Sectors

creative industries

How to apply

Complete an expression of interest form.

Confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: the North East Combined Authority area

North East Combined Authority

Not confirmed on the official page

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Shaded: County Durham, Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Gateshead.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (northeastscreen.org) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 22 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with North East Screen before you apply.

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