Peel Media announced today that ITV is to move its Manchester-based operation, including Coronation Street, to MediaCityUK.
Britain’s longest-running soap will relocate to a new state-of-the art production facility to be built on the MediaCityUK site next to the Imperial War Museum North. ITV staff, including the ITV Granada regional news team, will take up residence in offices on the Salford Quays side of the development in 2012.
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From Mandy Jones, news of a new training course “Due North”.
“Endemol is working with three of Skillset’s Media Academies in the North to deliver a high level TV and Digital training course for people in the early stages of their TV and media careers.
This is an ideal opportunity for people in the early stages of their media careers to benefit from high level industry mentoring and support, working in teams on briefs from established clients.”
Ash Knight
Ash, who graduated in BA Media Production, will see his first Broadcast Credit soon on Sky. He was the main editor for the ‘Learn to Paint Watercolour’ series with Billy Showell and Geoff Kersey
The RTS is holding an evening event aimed at scriptwriters:
“How does a writer get a comedy script from their brain onto a tv screen? How does a producer sell that script to a commissioner? What exactly is a commissioner looking for in a script? And just what is it that a channel controller does, exactly? Guided by Richard Bacon, our extremely talented and beautiful panel attempt to answer these and other questions.”
Cascade courses
From graduate Richard McCormack:
I managed to get into TV through a training scheme last year and it’s running again this year. The scheme is run by Middlesex Uni but it’s open to anyone. I think the closing date is 26th November so they may need to hurry with their applications but it is worth it!
Emma on Million Pound Drop
Luisa on Wipeout
If I had never set foot in that small television studio at Lincoln University, I wonder if I would be doing the job I do today.
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Hey, my name is Stacey Shuttleworth and I am a media Coordinator for Channel five.
Charlotte Ellis
I graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2009 with a first class degree in BA (HONS) Media Production. I realised that getting experience in the industry would also be very beneficial to my degree so during the summer break of my second year I managed to get the role of camera assistant on a short docu-drama in my local area.
I have worked on dozens of dramas, countless documentaries and a myriad other types of programmes, but throughout my career as Editor at the BBC, there was one constant – namely various encounters with the Royal Family. Continue reading