Mediacity:uk - a new business park or the future of media in the North?
An Informal Panel Discussion
The BBC is on its way to Salford and so is mediacity:uk.
Upon completion, mediacity:uk at Salford Quays will be the country’s first purpose-built media city. An internationally significant media community for the creative industries that will deliver a new broadcasting centre for the UK, with the leading broadcast, media and technology brands at its heart.
But what will this really mean for the city? What will it mean for the community? What does it mean to you? Come along and see how mediacity:uk could transform media production in the UK.
Panellists include:
Bob Shennan, Controller, BBC Radio 5 Live;
Councillor John Merry, Leader, Salford City Council
Chris Farrow, Chief Executive, Central Salford URC;
Ed Burrows, Property Director, Peel Media;
Andy Sumner, Media Executive, The Pie Factory;
Alice Morrison (TBC) Northwest Vision & Media
Alison Surtees CRIS (Creative Industries in Salford)