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Construction started in 2007 with the site owner, Peel Group as developer and [[Bovis Lend Lease]] as contractor.<ref name="building">{{Citation |title=Media City, Salford: This is the BBC |url=http://www.building.co.uk/media-city-salford-this-is-the-bbc/3148736.article |work=building.co.uk |date=18 September 2009 |access-date=20 July 2011 |archive-date=3 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103090237/http://www.building.co.uk/media-city-salford-this-is-the-bbc/3148736.article |url-status=live }}</ref> The media facilities opened in stages from 2007; the first of them, the ''Pie Factory'', was in a refurbished bakery. It featured three large [[sound stages]] suitable for drama productions and commercials.<ref name="Pie Factory">{{Citation |title=Thoroughly Satisfying Welcome to the Pie Factory at MediaCityUK |url=http://www.thepiefactory.co.uk/ |publisher=The Pie Factory |access-date=5 August 2011 |archive-date=30 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830235529/http://thepiefactory.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Give pie regards to Broadway... |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/give-pie-regards-to-broadway-978889 |date=15 February 2007 |access-date=7 October 2011 |website=Manchester Evening News |first=Simon |last=Donohue |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219015636/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/give-pie-regards-to-broadway-978889 |archive-date=19 February 2015}}</ref> In January 2011 Peel Media received planning permission to convert on-site offices used by Bovis Lend Lease during the construction of the first phase into the Greenhouse.<ref name="Green light">{{Citation |title=Green Light for the Greenhouse |url=http://www.peel.co.uk/news/greenlightforthegreenhousemediacityuk |publisher=The Peel Group |access-date=7 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406205223/http://www.peel.co.uk/news/greenlightforthegreenhousemediacityuk |archive-date=6 April 2012 }}</ref>
The first trial show took place in November 2010 in Studio HQ2.<ref name="trial">{{Citation |last=Cowan |first=Katy |title=MediaCityUK produces first show from new studio complex |url=http://www.creativeboom.co.uk/north-west/news/mediacityuk-produces-first-show-from-new-studio-complex/ |work=creativeboom.co.uk |date=3 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008073103/http://www.creativeboom.co.uk/north-west/news/mediacityuk-produces-first-show-from-new-studio-complex/ |archive-date=8 October 2011 }}</ref> The half-hour test show featured a power failure and a fire drill, which involved a full evacuation of the audience and crew.<ref name="trial"/> The first programme filmed at MediaCityUK was ''[[Don't Scare the Hare]]'' in February 2011, and the first to transfer was ''[[A Question of Sport]]'', the same month.<ref>{{Citation |last=Linton |first=Deborah |title=What happened next? BBC favourite A Question of Sport starts new era at MediaCity |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/what-happened-next-bbc-favourite-853281 |website=Manchester Evening News |date=4 February 2011 |access-date=24 July 2011 |archive-date=19 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219025958/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/what-happened-next-bbc-favourite-853281 |url-status=live }}</ref> BBC employees started transferring to the development in May 2011, a process that took 36 weeks. Director-General of the BBC Mark Thompson confirmed that up to a further 1,000 jobs could be created or transferred to the site.<ref>{{Citation |title=BBC director general Mark Thompson says MediaCity to become 'magnet' to stars as 150 staff move in |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1420309_bbc-director-general-mark-thompson-says-mediacity-to-become-magnet-to-stars-as-150-staff-move-in |website=Manchester Evening News |date=11 May 2011 |last=Turner |first=Ben |access-date=24 July 2011 |archive-date=21 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521135957/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1420309_bbc-director-general-mark-thompson-says-mediacity-to-become-magnet-to-stars-as-150-staff-move-in |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=BBC prepares for move to Salford |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/the-northerner/2011/may/11/salford-mediacity-bbc-staff-move |newspaper=guardian.co.uk |date=11 May 2011 |last=Carter |first=Helen |publisher=Guardian News and Media |access-date=12 December 2016 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315073100/http://www.theguardian.com/global/the-northerner/2011/may/11/salford-mediacity-bbc-staff-move |url-status=live }}</ref> In January 2012 the BBC was accused of not supporting the community by MP, [[Hazel Blears]], after it was reported that only 26 of 680 jobs created at the development had gone to residents of Salford.<ref>{{Citation |title=MediaCity must recruit more locals |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-16618243 |publisher=BBC |access-date=24 February 2012 |work=BBC News |date=19 January 2012 |archive-date=20 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120220916/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-16618243 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Buildings and facilities==
{{Wide image|File:Media City complex.jpg|600px|The MediaCityUK complex overlooking the Manchester Ship Canal|center|alt=array of modern buildings}}
[[File:MediaCityUK Piazza.jpg|thumb|The MediaCityUK plaza seen at night during the 2018 [[Lightwaves Festival]] looking towards [[Dock10 (television facility)|Dock10]], the [[BBC]] and [[University of Salford|Salford University]]]]▼
Traditional street names are not used in the development. The main thoroughfares are styled blue, white, pink, yellow, orange, purple and green where street furniture and coloured ambient lighting will be colour-coded to match. A stylised map of the site has been devised. [[Landscape architects]], Gillespies regenerated the [[brownfield land|brownfield site]] to create public spaces.<ref>{{Citation |title=Case studies mediaCityUK |url=http://www.landscapeinstitute.org/casestudies/casestudy.php?id=119 |publisher=The Landscape Institute |access-date=10 October 2011 |archive-date=27 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111127023240/http://landscapeinstitute.org/casestudies/casestudy.php?id=119 |url-status=live }}</ref> The focal point is a [[piazza]] and landscaped park, which stretches to the ship canal around which the buildings are located. The piazza's two distinct areas, The Green and The Stage are capable of holding events for up to 6500 people.<ref name="streetnames">{{Citation |title=MediaCityUK: where the streets have no name in Salford |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9032000/9032134.stm |access-date=25 September 2010 |date=24 September 2010 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=28 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100928022826/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_9032000/9032134.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In front of The Studios there is a free-standing big screen, which is viewable from the piazza.<ref name="site visit">{{Citation |title=Site visit: Inside Media City UK |url=http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/6749-site-visit-inside-media-city-uk.html |publisher=Place Northwest |access-date=6 October 2011 |date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=29 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329082745/http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/6749-site-visit-inside-media-city-uk.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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===University of Salford===
▲[[File:MediaCityUK Piazza.jpg|thumb|The MediaCityUK plaza seen at night during the 2018 [[Lightwaves Festival]] looking towards [[Dock10 (television facility)|Dock10]], the [[BBC]] and [[University of Salford|Salford University]]]]
The [[University of Salford]] moved its media-related teaching and research to the MediaCityUK site in October 2011.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15166950|title=University of Salford opens at MediaCityUK|work=BBC News|access-date=6 October 2011|date=4 October 2011|archive-date=5 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005095033/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-15166950|url-status=live}}</ref> The move will controversially cost the university more than £2.25 million in rent per annum until 2020.<ref>{{Citation |title=University of Salford Media City rent revelation |url=http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=932 |work=Salford Star |access-date=3 October 2011 |date=4 April 2011 |archive-date=28 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028061359/http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=932 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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