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A University of Salford journalism student has beaten over 900 applicants to secure a place on ITV’s News Traineeship scheme for 2016/17.

Rio de Janeiro may be some 6,000 miles away but supporters of Team GB are set to be taken closer to the action at this summer’s Olympic Games as MediaCityUK is confirmed as an Official Team GB FanZone.

A new website has launched, hoping to answer the prayers of kitesurfers everywhere. GeoRush – founded by SourceLab Technology based in The Landing at MediaCityUK – tackles the water sport’s biggest bugbear – bad weather.

MediaCityUK is set to unveil plans which will bring a further 238 apartments to its stunning waterfront location, at the launch of its Lightbox residential scheme on Wednesday, 11th and Thursday, 12th May.

There will be no trams running on the Eccles via MediaCityUK line from 26 June. Trams will resume running between Deansgate-Castlefield and MediaCityUK from early August. Services on the rest of the line will resume from late August.

As the first occupier of MediaCityUK’s new creative co-working space, Work Nation, marketeer Verity Hodder, gives an insight into how she is finding her new flexible office in the Greenhouse.

MediaCityUK is set to unveil plans which will bring a further 238 apartments to its stunning waterfront location, at the launch of its Lightbox residential scheme on Wednesday, 11th and Thursday, 12th May.

Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) today announced it will strengthen its TV and media operations in the UK by establishing a new broadcast and media services facility in MediaCityUK, Salford, Greater Manchester. MediaCityUK is currently home to leading media organisations including the BBC and ITV. The new site will go live from Q1 2017 and will deliver playout and media management services for clients like the BBC 24 hours a day.

dock10, the leading media services business based at MediaCityUK, has agreed a deal with BBC Sport to deliver edit facility services, training and support within its Quay House HQ.

Equinox Film & TV has created a series of five promotional films for JCB to mark the launch of its new machine, the Hydradig.

SIS Live at MediaCityUK has signed an agreement with the media services arm of Babcock International Group.

A rooftop fashion show and a recreation of a First World War ‘tram tank’ are just two highlights of the Create Salford Festival.