A GMIT client company, InTime Media, based at the Innovation Centre at GMIT Castlebar, is to create six new jobs in 2010 with the expansion of its base in Mayo. 

The technology company, which is pioneering new ways of using mobile phones to interact with radio and television programmes, is to launch a range of new innovative applications for broadcasters in the UK and continental Europe. The IT company has been working on research and development projects in collaboration with the BBC and ITV in London for the past four years.

The six new jobs, which will be advertised in the near year, are: Technical Manager, Software Engineers (three vacancies), Graphic Designer, and Quality Assurance Engineer. 

InTime Media was founded in 2005 by Julian Ellison, who helped develop the BBC’s first Internet operation in 1995. He went on to create a company which invented the term ‘Participation TV’ through interactive services for all the UK’s terrestrial broadcasters. 

Announcing the new jobs for Mayo, InMedia's Managing Director, Julian Ellison, said: “We are building up our technology team locally to create innovative new applications for mobile phones so we can deliver a pipeline of projects for major broadcasters in the UK, continental Europe and beyond. We’re delighted to announced that we will be recruiting six people to join our team of three in Castlebar in the new year.”