Business
Landsec acquires MediaCity
The waterfront site is home to BBC North and ITV Studios, as well as dock10 and more than 250 creative businesses
salford
Live Production
‘Good Evening from Manchester’: UK’s Eurovision production base moves to Salford
Salford is to become Eurovision's permanent production base and broadcast location
Business
Tim Davie reiterates BBC’s commitment to MediaCity
Ten years on from the opening of the BBC’s three buildings at MediaCity the broadcaster now has 4,000 staff based on site, double the...
Media Management
New £61 million data centre to open in Manchester
Equinix works with Red Bee Media to provide points of presence for channel distribution in the UK and France
Business
BBC to make Salford main base for digital and technology
Plans also include an upgrade of BBC's Belfast headquarters
Business
MediaCityUK secures loan for next stage of development
Part of a planned £1 billion phase of development
TVBEverywhere
ITV to open immersive attraction at Salford
Part of the Lowry's 'Watergardens' project
Production & Post
Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow to be filmed at dock10
The series will update five classic formats
Technology
Vodafone switches on ‘full 5G’ trial at MediaCity UK
Part of the company's 5G trials in Salford
Business
Government ‘should encourage Channel 4 move to Salford’
Report from think tank ResPublica says government should invest more in the North
Business
Alice Webb to head up BBC Children’s
Alice Webb, the current chief operating officer of BBC England, has been appointed BBC Children’s director.
Business