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MDA to expand in UK

Canada-based satellite and aerospace business MDA has announced a strategic expansion in the UK. The focus of this will be a new facility in Stevenage and an expansion of its existing facility in Manchester. As part of its UK expansion, MDA says it will hire 75 new employees in the UK by the end of […]

November 23, 2023By Chris Forrester

The Voiceover Gallery hires Bhattacharjee

Specialist audio production company, The Voiceover Gallery, has announced it is expanding its London and Manchester HQ’s with four new appointments. The new hires will work across the company’s business development and postproduction departments. Rak Bhattacharjee, Alice Murphy, Pip O’Marra and Max Russell join The Voiceover Gallery, which is the only UK company that specialises […]

October 25, 2023

ITV announces new regional development pilot

Following on from Kevin Lygo, ITV’s Managing Director, Media & Entertainment, and his Commissioning Team giving an in person Producers’ Briefing at HOME Theatre Manchester on September 27th, ITV has announcd a brand new development initiative being piloted in the nations and regions – Amplify: The Regions. The aim of the pilot is to further […]

September 28, 2023

STV buys Greenbird Media

STV Studios has acquired unscripted television production network Greenbird Media for approximately £24 million (€28m). London-based Greenbird is also a service provider, offering a back-office solution which lets creatives to focus on pipeline development and programme production. STV says the deal accelerates the growth of STV Studios by more than trebling the number of returning […]

July 6, 2023

Vodafone claims first 5G Standalone

Vodafone claims to be first to offer 5G Standalone in the UK starting in London, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff. A 5G Standalone network, unlike previous 5G deployments, does not rely on 4G. The operator claims this will bring 5G Standalone (which it calls 5G Ultra) coverage to another million people, improve phone battery life (by […]

June 26, 2023

Premier opens Manchester office

Gaming, entertainment, arts and culture agency, Premier, has announced expansion into the North of England with new offices in Manchester. Premier North’s office is based in a new creative hub in the heart of the city, near the old Granada Studios building. The new branch of the company will work with the London head office […]

March 7, 2023

ITV named founding partner for Upriser

Creative company Saatchi & Saatchi has announced ITV as its founding partner for Upriser, the free creative schools platform that it launched at the end of 2022. ITV is the first major name to be announced, with a number of other partners currently being matched and onboarded at schools across the UK as part of […]

February 20, 2023

Cast announced for Netflix’s Harlan Coben’s Fool Me Once

Harlan Coben, Danny Brocklehurst, Nicola Shindler, Richard Fee and Netflix are back with their fifth collaboration, an adaptation of Harlan Coben’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel Fool Me One. The cast leading the new drama is acclaimed British actress Michelle Keegan (Brassic, Our Girl), BAFTA award-winner Adeel Akhtar (Sweet Tooth, Ali & Ava), Richard […]

February 20, 2023

Sky, Spectra, Stockport Council host Sky Up Tech Grants summit

Sky and social impact agency, Spectra partnered with Stockport Council to host a careers summit for young people who have left the care system. At the Etihad Stadium on February 7th, 15 young people from Stockport participated in sessions in which they met volunteers from Sky, Microsoft, Mama Youth, City in the Community and Social […]

February 10, 2023

ITV readies new Corrie visitor centre

ITV has announced the completion of their first ever purpose built, public facing building. The 16,500 sq ft Coronation Street Visitor Centre and Event Space is situated on the corner of the programme’s 7.7 acre production facility at MediaCity in Greater Manchester and will be open to the public in February. As well as being […]

January 30, 2023