Applications Now Open for New Entertainment IP Lab

Mon 21st September 2026



Applications are now open for The Entertainment IP Lab, a new eight-week business accelerator designed to help Irish producers turn an existing piece of intellectual property into a commercially investable proposition.

Open to Irish producers working across television, film, animation, games, XR/VR and publishing, the Lab will select eight companies to take part in a project-led programme running from November 2026 to January 2027. 

Key Dates:

Applications open: Friday 18 September 2026

Applications close: Friday 16 October 2026

Successful applicants announced: Friday 23 October 2026

Programme runs: 9 November 2026 – 15 January 2027 (2-week break over the holidays)

Final pitch panel: Friday 15 January 2027, the day after The Entertainment IP Summit

For further information please click here.