New MediaCityUK CGI renders

posted Feb 17, 2009 - 02:51 PM | 4 comments

Here are the latest CGI renders of MediaCityUK, showing how the site will look by 2011 - including the most recent representations of the BBC Offices and Studios, Salford University building, outdoor video screen and waterfront piazza.

You can see high quality images below...


Images from MediaCityUK (mediacityuk.co.uk)

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New aerial shots of MediaCity, and a weekly round-up… (Updated, annotated photo)

posted Jul 22, 2009 - 02:51 PM | 4 comments

Wouldn't you like to see some brand new aerial shots of MediaCityUK? Of course you would! (full quality images after the jump)

These were taken last week (hence the sunshine) and provided by those lovely people at MediaCityUK.

And in other MediaCityUK related news;

• 55% of BBC Sport managers have decided to make the move North, continuing the recent trend and taking the average figure across the 5 relocating departments to 45%. The recent results indicate that a higher number of people than expected will decide to move to Salford.


• BBC North Director Peter Salmon wrote a piece for the Yorkshire Post emphasising the positive impact that the BBC's move to Salford is likely to have on the whole of the North, in particular the benefits for Northern talent - "In what is a very difficult climate, especially for young talent in the North, we will be out actively looking for talented people in the North for the new jobs which will be available."


• The Telegraph reports that the BBC's move to Salford could be anywhere from £1m to £91m more expensive than staying in London. A separate report compiled by relocation consultancy Governetz said the BBC could be "mired in an employee relations disaster" by September 09, because of a "weakness of project management control and wholly inadequate staff resourcing". The BBC said "We have never presented Salford as a money-saving project. In the long term - indeed, over 20 years - we expect savings on London operating costs."


• Damian Kavanagh has been appointed as Controller of CBBC, replacing Anne Gilchrist who declined the move to Salford. Kavanagh says: "I'm delighted to be heading back into BBC Children's and building on the incredible success CBBC has had to date. It's a very exciting time to be working in children's programming."

And finally, Peel's latest project has been given the go-ahead by Salford City Council - a £400m 'Port Salford'. The facility, which will provide five container berths for cargo ships, is likely to create as many as 2,000 jobs and will reduce the amount of freight on the northwest's roads by doubling traffic on the Manchester Ship Canal.

Update: I've added an annotated version of one of the ariel pics, to help you figure out what's what.

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MTV wants its MediaCityUK…or does it?

posted Dec 11, 2008 - 04:56 PM | 0 comments

Rumours about MTV making a move to MediaCityUK began about a month ago (see our article here), and this week those rumours gathered some pace with both Crain's and How-Do covering the story.

Details and official statements have been hard to come by (MediaCityUK/Peel have refused to comment on specific companies), but today Crain's reportedly spoke to an MTV Europe spokesman who said, "There are absolutely no plans to move to MediaCity. We haven't even looked at it."

That should put an end to the MTV speculation, but Peel is still said to be on the verge of two new signings at MediaCityUK - one from the North West (ITV/Granada) and the other from elsewhere (take your pick).

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Latest MediaCityUK renders: Studio Block and Salford Uni interiors…

posted Mar 30, 2009 - 03:23 PM | 0 comments

Salford Uni recently posted a few new MediaCityUK renders on their flickr account.

The images include interior views of the Studio Block and Salford Uni buildings, aswell as a closer look at the Studio Block office entrance.

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Urban explorers infiltrate MediaCityUK, take amazing photos

posted Jan 27, 2010 - 12:17 AM | 6 comments

Two urban explorers have visited MediaCity and taken some amazing night shots from the top of the 'Heart' apartments.

Known only as 'Jim Gillette' and 'Gone', our two fearless exploration experts managed to gain access to the construction site and headed to the top of the 25 floor apartment block.

From there they snapped some fantastic images of the BBC's new home on the quays, and surrounding Salford and Manchester.

Describing their adventure on his blog, Jim writes, "Security was, as to be expected, tight. But as these pictures show, it wasn't watertight ;)

"Fancying our chances, we went for it. After infiltrating the site itself, access to the 25 floor "Heart" apartment building was as inviting as an ice cold cider at the end of a long summer's day."

Commenting on the Urban Exploration forum 28dayslater, Gone says, "Entrance and exit was pretty crazy with a few slips".

The visit will no doubt raise concerns about security at MediaCityUK, but for now let's just relax and take in the view...

To see all the images, be sure to check out both Explorer's blogs at goneeightyfive.blogspot.com and jimgilletteue.blogspot.com

You can also follow the threads on the topic at the Urban Explorer forums 28dayslater and NWEX.

all images used with permission.

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