The Transmedia Zone is a one-of-a-kind entertainment incubator that cultivates a vibrant community, fostering innovation and creative exploration in storytelling and entertainment. We support the next wave of storytellers, creators, and entrepreneurs, who possess a distinct voice and a fervent drive to craft innovative media experiences.
Whether it’s embracing emerging technology, reinterpreting conventional storytelling formats, expanding audience outreach, or establishing fresh platforms to bolster creativity - the TZ serves as a dynamic conductor of change, propelling the evolution of storytelling in the ever-expanding and always changing landscape of entertainment media.
TZ Membership
This era of the entertainment industry, isn’t easy to navigate and it’s easy to get stuck on how to make your goals a reality.
TZ helps you rethink the entertainment & media industry from the napkin stage, to launch and beyond.
Whether you’re just starting out or rethinking your current strategy, we want to help creatives, storytellers & entrepreneurs grow a new confident creative business mindset - in a way that makes sense to your project and business. For some of you creativity feels hard, for others business can feel like a dirty word. TZ bridges the best of all worlds, and shows you new ways to succeed.
Interested in joining? Applications are now open! Fill out the form below and be invited to one of our Pitch Days.
More information in the link below.
All TMU students can now join our programming and be part of our community. Come to events, learn from guest speakers and gain mentorship and industry mapping from the TZ team!
The Transmedia Zone is a community focused incubator for innovation and reative experimentation in storytelling across entertainment media platforms.
The TZ supports storytellers, creators, artists, and innovators with a strong unique and authentic point of view, and a clear mission and deserie to develop new and exciting media experiences. At TZ, innovation takes many forms and in our context, it can mean:
- Using new platforms
- Remixing or reimagining traditional storytelling formats
- Reaching new audiences
- Creating new platforms to support storytelling
Streamers
Digital Creators / E-Sports (Twitch, YouTube, TikTok, etc.)
Podcasts
Story Centred Tech (apps/platforms/products)
TV/Web Series
Film
Journalism/Live Journalism
Video Games
AR/VR/XR
Interactive Theatre Experiences
Innovation in Music
Something yet to be invented that you're making right now...
Is it moving forward the art of storytelling and entertainment? Then, yes.
TZ is a place for the next wave of entertainment media and storytelling projects. To us, "innovative" doesn't just mean technological advances.
Are you serving an underrepresented community?
Are you taking a new approach?
Are you making it easier to bring new and important stories to the forefront?
And if you're a changemaker in the music industry, you'll be a great fit for our Music Den.
TZ Membership:
- Year round
- Fill out your application and get invited to our bi-monthly pitch day for an interview/presentation
TZ Summer:
- Our 8 week personalized bootcamp bringing the most innovative entertainment projects and founders together
TZ Student League:
- The way TMU storytellers and media changemakers can collaborate and join the TZ, Music Den, and Innovation Studio community
NO.
Our incubator is for all Canadian storytellers. For our bespoke zone learning approach to be the most effective, we need folks from all ages, backgrounds, education levels, and viewpoints.
Downtown Toronto Work & Meeting Space
Mentorship
Community Support
Funding Workshops
Access to Talent
Radio/Podcasting Studios
Market Insight and Research
Entrepreneurship 101 Sessions
Communication & Media Training
Brand Storytelling
Discounted Conferences
Publicity
Also:
Dedicated Desks, Board Rooms, and a Creative Storytelling Meeting Room
Plus, access to free resources from TMU, such as: Radio Studios, the Equipment Distribution Centre, Adobe Creative Cloud, Autodesk, and more!
“I just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed the past two years being in the Transmedia Zone. It literally kept me sane during the trash fire of 2020. And I'm really grateful for the thoughtfulness, genius and empathy”