BBC North - BBC North Group (current Operation)

BBC North Group (current Operation)

See also: MediaCityUK

BBC North Group is the name of the group of BBC departments that will soon be located at MediaCityUK, as part of the "BBC North Project", also called "Out of London". This group is then directly answerable to the Director General's Office and the BBC Trust. The group contains the BBC Sport department, along with CBBC, CBeebies, BBC Learning, BBC Breakfast, BBC Radio 5 Live, the BBC Philharmonic and parts of BBC Future Media. Also making the move is BBC Manchester Network Production Centre and BBC North West, but it is unclear as to whether these will become part of this group or not.

The project began in 2006 when Salford was named as the chosen location by the Board of Governors and in 2007 the go-ahead was given to the project by the BBC Trust.

The operation at MediaCityUK is now operated as BBC North by the BBC.

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