Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: START-UP Accelerator Platform WaveX has announced the launch of seven new incubation centres across the country to support the media, animation and entertainment sector.
Information and Broadcasting Ministry said that these centres will be established at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, Jammu, Dhenkanal in Odisha, Kottayam in Kerala, Amravati in Maharashtra, Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute in Kolkata.
The ministry said with the launch of these incubation networks, startups will gain access to advanced facilities for film production, game development and editing. The new centres will provide the same infrastructure and incubation facilities as the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT), Mumbai.
The flagship IICT Incubator, Mumbai is equipped with world-class infrastructure such as an 8K Red Raptor Vista Vision camera, a 4K HDR preview theatre with Dolby Atmos, high-performance Alienware workstations, a state-of-the-art virtual production stage with LED walls, photogrammetry systems, professional sound and color-mix theatres, 4K HDR edit suites, VR testing kits, and the latest gaming consoles.
The participating startups will also gain opportunities for international exposure at prestigious global startup events such as VivaTech (Paris) and Game Developers Conference (USA).
Startups incubating under WaveX will also gain opportunities to work closely with media units such as Doordarshan, Akashvani, Film and Television Institute of India, Press Information Bureau, Publications Division, New Media Wing, and Electronic Media Monitoring Centre.
The ministry said that the applications for the upcoming cohort are now open, and interested startups can apply by visiting wavex.wavesbazaar.com. WaveX is the startup accelerator platform under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting’s WAVES initiative, created to nurture innovation in media, entertainment, and creative technologies. Through its network of incubators, WaveX provides infrastructure, mentorship, and global market access to empower India’s nextgeneration creators and entrepreneurs.