MediaCityUK - there's a lot in a name
Post categories: @North, BBC North, MediaCityUK, Peter Salmon
|09:00 UK time, Friday, 17 September 2010
These days canals seem so leisurely. All fisherman and holiday makers. A far cry from how they once were.
I grew up next to the Leeds and Liverpool canal, once a bustling highway of traffic, filled with energy and enterprise, and it’s strange to think that these vital waterways will soon be back at the heart of my working life.
Our new home in the north sits on the banks of the 36 mile long Manchester Ship Canal, built between 1887 and 1894, and one of the industrial wonders of the world – it was audacious, politically controversial and fraught with engineering challenges.
In fact it all sounds painfully familiar….
But it is not just the tough business backdrop that draws parallels with our move, the comparisons between the BBC’s big move to the north and the impact the canals had over a century ago are tempting to draw.
Once again the north can lead the way in terms of ambition - creativly and technologically - that will benefit both the region and the whole UK. Particularly important in these tough times.
Canals were part of a revolution - building trade routes and business, making connections and creating networks where previously none existed.
And although MediaCityUK might not deliver a revolution on the same scale, it is a key part of the ongoing northern renaissance.
In the same way that the canal system offered a real time connection that took the North West to the world and brought the world back, MediaCityUK can do exactly the same for the BBC across the region.
It can be a mainline for our audiences into the heart of the media, using the most advanced technology and innovation to connect in new and creative ways.
It can be a place where people and ideas come together and where ambition and experience stand side by side.
The Ship Canal should be an inspiration for what the BBC is hoping to achieve, and although the three new buildings that make up our new home have been affectionately known as A,B and C for the past few years, these names must now make way for something more fitting. Something of a tribute.
A reminder of what has been before and an inspiration for what is to come.
That’s why we have chosen to give each of our buildings a simple name that roots it in the history and drama of our extraordinary waterside home.
BBC Bridge House, will be home to among others Blue Peter, BBC Bitesize, Mastermind and Dragons’ Den, helping capture the imagination of audiences of all ages.
BBC Dock House, the new base for teams including Songs of Praise, Research and Development and The Radcliffe and Maconie show will connect with licence payers through the interaction of great content and technological innovation.
BBC Quay House, where output from the likes of BBC Breakfast, Radio 5 Live, Match of the Day and North West Tonight will take up residence, will be a home for live and event content that aims to capture the imagination of the whole country and bring the nation together.
Talking of old and new transport systems coming together, the tram line that runs into MediaCityUK opens next week and although you won’t be able to get into our buildings yet, as we are installing some pretty complex technology, just seeing it up close for yourself reveals the size of our ambition and brings to life the scale and complexity of our task.
Even the builders of the extraordinary ship canal would have been impressed by the studios and post production facilities, cutting edge digital technology, 24/7 newsrooms and radio networks, television platforms and some of the best websites in the world, all in one area ready to relive those past glories.
And although the London based press have spent the past few weeks printing pictures of the site from 6 months ago and passing them off as current, the photo below taken last week by Peel Media, shows just how far along we really are. Indeed the site took another leap forward this week when the whole BBC Philharmonic Orchestra came together for the first time in their brand new purpose built studio, serenading the few remaining builders with some simply majestic Rachmaninov.
So we are marching on and the buildings are looking and sounding pretty impressive - perfect representations of the kind of BBC we want to be in the region.
Big but not brash
Open and inviting
Creative and ambitious
New and exciting, but comfortable in our surroundings
Our big new adventure must create a ripple effect of economic and creative benefit across the whole of the north, to deliver that renaissance I mentioned earlier. But it is right that the names of our buildings reflect the soil in which we have laid the foundations, an inspiring spot brimming with history and now expectation.
Peter Salmon is Director of BBC North
Comment number 1.
At 10:27 22nd Sep 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:I thought BBC Blog readers might be interested in a couple of MediaCityUK initiatives I started nearly 4 years ago starting with the MediaCityUK photographic timeline journal. I work as an IT Manager in Salford Quays, very close to the Peel Development.
There are currently 15,500 photos taken from May 2007 to present day providing an intimate view of the build from the first digger on-site in June 2007, the erection of all the cranes and all the various buildings that occupy the space that was once grassland. Pictures have been taken from the Imperial War Museum North, Designer Outlet and Broadway at the back of the development site.
Detailed Timeline : https://www.mediacityuksalfordquays.net/mcuk.htm
Abridged Timeline (Higher Res) : https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/mcukabridgedweb/index.html
This timeline is linked to a group on the professional networking site, LINKEDIN. This group currently has 1965+ members and I post the latest photos, news, jobs and approve discussions on the group regularly.
https://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=79227
Along with this initiative, I also started a MediaCityUK thread on the SkyScraperCity.com forum (for Manchester) which has now had 270,000 hits from readers and posters. I post my latest pictures here also (aka NonStopMark avatar) and of course, members can also post their pictures and views on the build:
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=491532
I had the idea when taking pictures of Salford Quays on a blue sky day, for my website at https://www.markwhitfield.net . I liked the idea of charting such a significant development from the ground up and maybe learning a little about mass scale construction and some of the techniques employed.
There were certainly moments when I got a little obsessive and took a few hundred shots a month and conversely, moments when I thought I should stop altogether but I am glad I didn’t. I am a big fan of Salford Quays and have worked in the area for 15 years as an IT Manager for a Software House off Broadway. I have even themed our website at https://www.insidertech.co.uk on the general area using the colour tones and pictures I have taken.
I will almost certainly carry on taking the pictures until the end of phase 1 at the end of next year. The https://www.mediacityuksalfordquays.net/mcuk.htm link always redirects to the current month to provide easy access to the most recent photos I have taken. Then, if I still work in the Quays, I may carry on taking pictures for subsequent phases as part of my lunch coffee run to the Lowry and Designer Outlet.
I think the MediaCityUK site represents a great opportunity for media companies to reside and also boosted by the kudos and potential affiliation with both BBC North and the University of Salford media faculty which has just announced 39 new courses for media study. This will provide appropriate cross pollination for the site and also encourage media study in Salford and surrounding areas.
More information about the timeline can be found at my website at this link:
https://www.markwhitfield.net/Movies/MediaCityUK/MediaCityUKPhotoTimeline/tabid/256/Default.aspx
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Comment number 2.
At 10:08 23rd Sep 2010, Laura Editor wrote:Hi Mark,
thank you very much for your comment, your photographs are great and its so interesting to watch the site develop.
Best wishes,
Laura.
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At 08:54 29th Sep 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Thanks for your positive comments Laura.
There is also an article in the Manchester Evening News today about the timeline at : https://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1333033_photographer_documents_the_rise_of_mediacityuk_with_15000_pictures
I'm told it will be in the printed publication shortly.
Regards
Mark.
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At 14:49 29th Sep 2010, Laura Editor wrote:Thanks for the link Mark - its great that your project has picked up so much interest. Please keep us posted!
Best wishes.
Laura.
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At 13:15 1st Oct 2010, Peter Salmon wrote:Hello Mark,
I've just had a look at your photo time line and it looks cracking.
We'll make sure that when we've all moved into our new buildings you can come and have a closer look at our new home in the north!
Best
Peter
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Comment number 6.
At 14:45 4th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Hello Peter,
Thanks for the positive response about the MediaCityUK photo timeline... praise indeed... and I appreciate the invite... I look forward to that...
Here is a link to the actual hard copy article the Manchester Evening News ran about the MediaCityUK Photo Timeline Journal last week (Page 20 - 29/09/2010).
https://www.markwhitfield.net/Portals/0/manchester%20evening%20news%20mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20salfod%20quays%20mark%20whitfield%20photos%202.jpg
https://www.markwhitfield.net/Portals/0/manchester%20evening%20news%20mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20salfod%20quays%20mark%20whitfield%20photos%201.jpg
I will be updating the MediaCityUK timeline today (a blue sky day in the Quays) with the latest shots including a few 'up close and personal' photos now that the tram line station is open near the BBC North buildings.
Thanks again...
Cheers for now
Mark
https://www.markwhitfield.net
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Comment number 7.
At 01:24 5th Oct 2010, user123 wrote:In all the publicity about the move North and to Salford Quays in particular I'm surprised that there has been no mention of the BBC's own history in the area which stretches all the way back to the birth of the organisation in 1922. It is a history that, funnily enough, owes much to the old ship canal itself.
The Manchester Ship Canal brought about great diversification of the local economy and many foreign, particularly American firms set up operations in nearby Trafford Park in the early 20th century.
One of these firms attracted to the area was a subsidiary of the giant electrical engineering firm Westinghouse (later known as 'Metro-Vicks'). Westinghouse established a well respected and prodigious research department at their Manchester base, and was a producer of early receiving devices for the nascent broadcasting industry. In 1922 Metro-Vicks got together with the other major electrical engineering firms at the time and formed the British Broadcasting Company, forerunner to the nationalised Corporation we know today.
Station 2ZY was the name of the station set up in the research department at Metro-Vicks that started broadcasting on 17th May 1922, a day after its sister station 2LO in London. 2ZY was shortly broadcasting to the whole of the North via relay stations in Liverpool and Leeds. The Manchester base went on to contribute a number of technical innovations and broadcasting milestones and no doubt helped anchor the Corporation firmly in the city (the BBC already has an 800-strong workforce at New Broadcasting House).
So whilst the contribution of 2ZY has been all but airbrushed from the BBC's own account of its history, it is clear that MediaCity (less then a mile from the spot where 2ZY broadcast almost 90 years before) is less brave new world than the BBC's presence in the North coming full circle.
This is an important part of the BBC's history that and deserves greater recognition as part of the whole 'move North'. Manchester has played an integral role in both the BBC's development and that of broadcasting in the UK general; MediaCity at Salford Quays is merely the latest chapter.
More on 2ZY at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2ZY
and on the birth of the BBC at Metro-Vicks from page 78 onwards at https://www.mvbook.org.uk/
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At 10:52 5th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Here are the latest, blue sky photos (from yesterday) of the MediaCityUK BBC North development 'Up Close And Personal' as seen from the piazza (open to the public next week) and the new tram stop.
The Trafford side foot bridge that is seen in some of the photos, is being put into place over the next few days (official source) to connect the Old Trafford 'Theatre of Dreams' side of Salford Quays to the BBC North building:
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2010q3/index.html
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Comment number 9.
At 10:09 7th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Quick MediaCityUK update from a very local IT manager.
Official sources (on-site development staff) state that the new foot bridge which will connect the Old Trafford side to MediaCityUK will be put in place over the next few days.
A live webcam feed from the MediaCityUK site (set up by Andrew Bonney - Industrial Trainee at BBC Research & Development) can be seen at the following link. Refresh your internet browser 2 or 3 times to skip Google video ads etc. to see a live feed of the bridge:
https://www.ustream.tv/channel/mediacity-bridge-construction
The piazza outside the main BBC North buildings is due to open tomorrow according to Andrew on LinkedIn/Twitter.
The MediaCityUK LinkedIn group ( at https://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=79227 ) now stands at 2300 members (and still growing quickly) and consists of local professionals, media professionals (including BBC staff) and media companies across the UK (and some abroad). Thanks for those who have joined.
This group now represents the largest (in terms of members) MediaCityUK online discussion forum and news community for those groups available on primary social and professional networking websites.
More updates when they happen.
Cheers
Mark Whitfield (IT Manager, Salford Quays)
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Comment number 10.
At 14:42 8th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Quick update:
New foot bridge slowly sliding into place from the Old Trafford side to MediaCityUK BBC North side. Pictures taken at 12:30pm today. Thanks to Andrew Bonney of the BBC, for his webcam feed shot. Here is the link to my thread on the SkyScraperCity.com, Manchester forum:
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65005745&postcount=2576
See the webcam feed above for a live view of the new bridge in progress.
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Comment number 11.
At 15:57 11th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:The MediaCityUK BBC North Piazza is now officially open and free to walk, including most of the walkways around the various buildings that make up the development.
I walked it today with a work colleague at around 12:30pm. I was able to fully appreciate the fine lines and curvatures of the BBC buildings and studios.
Even after 3.5 years of photos ( at: https://www.mediacityuksalfordquays.net/mcuk.htm ), the crescent and curved effect of the adjacent studios to the main BBC North building, are hard to spot from a distance and have to be experienced from up close and just to the side.
Once again, thanks to those who have joined the MediaCityUK BBC North LinkedIn group at the free professional network.
I will take some more close up photos tomorrow regardless of the weather (although we are on a good run up in the north until later in the week apparently).
More when I have it...
Cheers
Mark.
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At 14:05 12th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:MediaCityUK BBC North pictures taken today:
https://www.mawhitfield.com/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2010q3/index4.html
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At 09:37 13th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:MediaCityUK BBC North night shots taken yesterday evening. The tram is in:
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65259549&postcount=2592
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At 10:14 15th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Pictures taken yesterday showing the new foot bridge from the Imperial War Museum North (IWMN) side. Only a small amount of work required to the MediaCityUK BBC North receiving side (as shown) plus a suprise visitor to the site to overlook proceedings and quality...
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65384553&postcount=2604
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At 16:17 18th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:MediaCityUK BBC North YouTube movies taken today from the Piazza providing a 360 view of the development and surrounding buildings:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E98pOIc1-Y
HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c3cg-2FSlQ
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At 09:10 19th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:MediaCityUK BBC North photographs taken yesterday from in and around the Piazza area:
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65603759&postcount=2616
The full set for October 2010 can be obtained from: https://www.mediacityuksalfordquays.net/mcuk.htm
29 YouTube movies charting the rise of MediaCityUK BBC North from June 2007:
https://www.mediacityuksalfordquays.net/Movies/MediaCityUK/tabid/181/Default.aspx
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At 14:19 22nd Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:From the ground up, MediaCityUK BBC North Quay House and the New Foot Bridge - in photos:
BBC North: https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=53685525&postcount=1978
Foot Bridge: https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65788259&postcount=2623
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At 09:34 26th Oct 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Quick Photo Update for 25th October 2010:
Pictures taken yesterday on a blue sky day, of MediaCityUK, BBC North and the new foot bridge:
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65987633&postcount=2647
Also, here is a rare shot of the MediaCityUK BBC North land when it was just grassland before May 2007:
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2010q3/inthebeginningbeforemediacityukwasbuilttheareawasjustgrassland.html
Thanks to all those who have joined the FREE MediaCityUK Professional LinkedIn Group which now has 2545+ members: https://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=79227
More updates when I have them. Cheers Mark.
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At 09:12 11th Nov 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:An article on the University of Bolton website (published this week) about the MediaCityUK BBC North Timeline and LinkedIn Group (2800+ members). It will be printed in the Bolton University magazine shortly...
https://www.bolton.ac.uk/News/News-Articles/2010/8Nov2010.aspx
More photos of MediaCityUK BBC North soon...
Cheers Mark.
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Comment number 20.
At 09:48 24th Nov 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Quick Update:
Here are some blue sky pictures of the MediaCityUK BBC North development site this month.
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67697251&postcount=2732
The MediaCityUK BBC North LinkedIn Group ( [Unsuitable/Broken URL removed by Moderator] ) is now at 3000+ members. Thanks again for those who have joined to date.
The final piece of the MediaCityUK jigsaw (bar internal building fit outs of course) is the receiving end of the new bridge shown here on the right hand side:
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2010q3n/mediacityukmcukpeelsmediacityuksalfordquaysbbcnorthnovember15th2010mediacityukwebcamtimelinenwda9.jpg
More MediaCityUK news when it breaks as usual.
Cheers
Mark.
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Comment number 21.
At 11:48 24th Nov 2010, Laura Editor wrote:Thank you for the update Mark - brilliant photographs, as always!
Laura.
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Comment number 22.
At 15:31 24th Nov 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Cheers Laura. There must be 1 or 2 photographically artistic angles on this BBC North development I haven't thought of yet... maybe the predicted snow might give me a few ideas... if I post a picture of only the blue sky, it means I have fallen over in the white stuff...
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At 14:01 26th Nov 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:Exclusive today (last hour), the new Salford Quays bridge spans the Quays water from trafford side to BBC North for the first time:
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2010q3n/mediacityukmcukpeelsmediacityuksalfordquaysbbcnorthnovember26th2010mediacityukwebcamtimelinenwda54.html
Cheers
Mark.
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At 08:29 2nd Dec 2010, Mark Whitfield wrote:As promised, MediaCityUK BBC North in the December snow...
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2010q3d/index.html
Cheers
Mark.
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At 17:15 13th Jan 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:Happy New Year Readers... Here are some MediaCityUK BBC North and New Bridge Pictures for January 2011...
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2011q4/index.html
The receiving end for the bridge is shown and nearly complete at the BBC North side...
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At 08:18 10th Feb 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:Here are the latest shots of the MediaCityUK BBC North development for February, from the central piazza, around the outside of the buildings and from the other side of the quays from the IWMN:
https://www.mediacityuksalfordquays.net/mcuk.htm
Cheers
Mark.
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At 13:51 1st Mar 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:The latest MediaCityUK BBC North and new foot bridge pictures taken for March (60 minutes ago from posting this entry):
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2011q4m/index.html
Thanks to all those who have joined the related LinkedIn group which is now at nearly 5000 members...
The new foot bridge from the Trafford side of the Quays to MediaCityUK and direct to BBC North is open in May 2011... more pictures when I have them...
Cheers
Mark.
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Comment number 28.
At 09:28 2nd Mar 2011, Bridget Middleton wrote:Great pictures Mark - especially for someone like me who hasn't been able to visit.
Thank you.
Bridget
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Comment number 29.
At 10:37 16th Mar 2011, Sue_Aitch wrote:Please are there any postal addresses for the BBC in Salford on Www.royalmail.com other than the ones for BBC Childrens and BBC Sport now?
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At 09:58 29th Mar 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:New pictures of MediaCityUK BBC North for March plus a new addition dockside:
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2011q4m/mediacityukmcukpeelsmediacityuksalfordquaysbbcnorthmarch25th2011mediacityukwebcamtimelinenwda4.html
More pictures when I have them...
Cheers
Mark.
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Comment number 31.
At 10:52 29th Mar 2011, Bridget Middleton wrote:#29
Hi Sue,
I have just published the postal addresses for Media City UK in Salford on About the BBC
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Comment number 32.
At 13:56 31st Mar 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:Updated today, the new Trafford / MediaCityUK BBC North Foot Bridge in pictures from day 1...
https://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=75246157&postcount=2876
The bridge opens to the public in May 2011...
Cheers
Mark.
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Comment number 33.
At 17:20 1st Apr 2011, Sue_Aitch wrote:#31 Thank you for that
Erm, isn't the Posttown for MediaCity UK "Salford," not "Manchester?"
(See https://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/content1?mediaId=49300698&catId=49300693)
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Comment number 34.
At 16:18 4th Apr 2011, Kit Green wrote:What is the official position regarding the BBC Studios & Post Production staff that have been told that they do not fall within TUPE as posts are transferred to (or made redundant by) your new provider partners?
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At 11:21 6th Apr 2011, Sue_Aitch wrote:When will the general public be able to pay and visit Quay House and/or Dock House and/or Bridge House, please?
Two of the three postcodes work on www.walkit.com/salford!
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Comment number 36.
At 17:36 8th Apr 2011, Kit Green wrote:Ha Ha Ha.......
So the Farm Group (who will run post production)thought that 20 editors from London were going to Salford, with all the family upheaval that entails, just to be given no permanent post, just freelance work!
No wonder nobody in BBC management had the nerve to tell the editors in advance.
As the Farm said in a meeting: "we would love to have you [editors] but not the people who organised this so badly".
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At 09:02 14th Apr 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:The latest MediaCityUK BBC North photos for April... the few photos at the end of this series represent connected porta cabins used by site workers during the 4 year build. These are now being converted (having been painted black) to 'The Greenhouse' where 'starter' and smaller media companies can grow before maybe progressing to the main MediaCityUK premises. The wood that is being put in place around the cabins will soon be surrounded by panes of glass in keeping with the name.
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2011q1/mediacityukmcukpeelsmediacityuksalfordquaysbbcnorthapril8th2011mediacityukwebcamtimelinenwda13.html
More pictures when I have them...
Cheers
Mark.
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Comment number 38.
At 20:06 15th Apr 2011, Sue_Aitch wrote:Please, Mark, would you be so kind as add some of your pics to Geograph with Postcodes and Labels of the Buildings on there? Thank you.
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At 11:40 24th Apr 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:Hi Sue... When I get back from Saudi Arabia (currently on business).. I will do so.... have you a link where I can add the pictures?
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At 01:41 27th Apr 2011, eastfrom wrote:I have a question.
When "bbc north" is newly established?
Early last year on the homepage of your organization, there was not "bbc north". But, today I saw it on the homepage.
my e-mail : [Personal details removed by Moderator]
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At 15:30 19th May 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:A walk across to BBC North on the new footbridge in Salford Quays, shot today at 12:30pm... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ydhzcAaO0
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At 08:34 20th May 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:The latest photos (taken yesterday) from MediaCityUK BBC North, the new footbridge and the first store, Costa Coffee just next to the new Holiday Inn on the site:
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2011q1m/mediacityukmcukpeelsmediacityuksalfordquaysbbcnorthmay19th2011mediacityukwebcamtimelinenwda33.html
More when I have them...
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Comment number 43.
At 11:38 24th May 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:University of Bolton MediaCityUK BBC North Photo Timeline article pages 14-15: https://www.bolton.ac.uk/News/TheBolt/TheBoltSpring2011.pdf
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Comment number 44.
At 12:57 24th May 2011, Sue_Aitch wrote:Sorry for the delay in replying, Mark. if you search engine "Geograph" in the UK you should be able to find the site I meant quickly. I have to keep to the House Rules!
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Comment number 45.
At 16:30 31st May 2011, MikeScantlebury wrote:I am a bit alarmed that the BBC staff think that they are moving into 'MediaCity' on Salford Quays.
That 'MediaCity' is actually in Salford, and people in Salford make a lot of media too, so you could call Salford a 'media city', (not just the office blocks with bbc staff and freelancers in).
I was so concerned about this point, I sat down and wrote a book about all the things that are happening in Salford right now. It's called 'Multi-media' and it's available at Lulu.com
(When I made this point to Peter Salmon, he said he would 'pass my comments on'. If he's the boss, who is he passing comments TO?)
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At 13:55 20th Jun 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:Pictures taken today of the MediaCityUK BBC North development including the new BBC logo on top of the main building installed at the weekend:
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2011q1j/mediacityukmcukpeelsmediacityuksalfordquaysbbcnorthjune20th2011mediacityukwebcamtimelinenwda3.html
More pictures when I have them. Cheers Mark.
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At 09:19 1st Jul 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:The latest pictures from late June of the MediaCityUK BBC North site. The BBC logos are all in place on both front and back of the main BBC buildings. Also, note the shipping containers in the Piazza.
Specially created for children aged 6 months to 7 years, Music Boxes is a mini city of shipping containers at MediaCityUK, the new home of BBC Children’s. Some containers will be miniature performance spaces, some will be specially adapted recording and animation studios, while others will be kitted out as interactive installations allowing the very young to explore a fantasy world of sound and music.
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2011q1j/index3.html
https://mif.co.uk/event/music-boxes/
More pictures for July when I have them. Cheers Mark.
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At 14:26 29th Jul 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:Latest July pictures from MediaCityUK BBC North. Customers of the new Booths Cafe in the main BBC North studios best watch out:
https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2011q2/mediacityukmcukpeelsmediacityuksalfordquaysbbcnorthjuly12th2011mediacityukwebcamtimelinenwda32.html
Thanks to those who have joined our MediaCityUK BBC North UoS LinkedIn group which now stands at 6,235+ members.
More pictures when I have them. Cheers Mark.
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At 16:57 22nd Aug 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:The latest MediaCityUK BBC North ITV UoS photo timeline pictures for August 2011 including shots of the ITV studios opposite BBC North (work just started): https://www.mawhitfield.co.uk/mediacityuk%20bbc%20north%20university%20salford%20quays%20manchester%20peel%20nwda%20jobs/bbcmediacityukweb2011q2a/index.html
More photos when I have them and updates at the MediaCityUK forum at https://www.mediacityukforum.co.uk. Cheers Mark.
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At 11:07 30th Aug 2011, Mark Whitfield wrote:To offset the Tuesday morning cloud, here are five High Definition 360 movie views of MediaCityUK BBC North and UoS taken on a sunny, blue sky day late last week:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZEc4YhCors
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xihZi0_7H1I
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3DulpAancA
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOKv3fPJk2Q
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49fe4QRAx40
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