BBC at MediaCityUK

Your journey to Salford starts here…

The BBC is creating a new digital broadcast centre in the North of England as part of the MediaCityUK development at Salford Quays in Greater Manchester. Construction began in June ’07 and the BBC buildings are scheduled for completion in 2011 as part of phase 1 of the MediaCityUK development.

"The modern, multimedia broadcast and production centre in Salford will shift the BBC's centre of gravity away from London, bringing a range of creative benefits to us and, I hope, helping us to better reflect and represent the whole of the UK."
BBC Director-General, Mark Thompson

Who will be based at the BBC at MediaCityUK in 2011?

The plan is for key BBC departments, channels and networks from London to move to MediaCityUK, namely: BBC Sport; BBC Children's, including CBBC and CBeebies, BBC Children's Radio; BBC Formal Learning; BBC Five Live and parts of BBC Future Media and Technology, including Research & Development.

They will join the existing BBC departments already based in Manchester, namely, parts of: Entertainment; Current Affairs; Network radio; Religion; Regional and Local programmes and BBC Philharmonic.

Approximately 1,600 London-based posts and 800 roles currently based at the BBC in Manchester will relocate to MediaCityUK, Salford Quays.

This website will provide information about career opportunities with the BBC at MediaCityUK as they become available.

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