
MediaCityUK given go ahead to double in size
Up to 10 new buildings, with a development value of more than £1bn are to be built creating over 1,400 new homes and hundreds of jobs.
MediaCityUK-based Timeline North has provided online and delivery services for CBeebies Go Jetters.
The 52-episode 3D animated children’s TV show follows the adventures of four heroes, Xuli, Kyan, Lars and Foz, as they travel the world with their teacher, mentor and friend, Ubercorn. Through action, comedy and music the series introduces the BBC’s youngest audience to funky facts about landmarks and locations from all around the world.
Using Avid Symphony for grading corrections and Adobe After Effects for retouching and masking tools, in house editor Phil Jaxson worked closely with Blue Zoo animators to assure the quality of every frame of animation prior to delivery.
The tech department at Timeline North, led by Head of Technical Chris Mann, is responsible for the ingest and delivery across the project liaising between animation teams, composers, editors and dubbing mixers before finally producing AS11 files with Content Agent and Vidchecker.
Up to 10 new buildings, with a development value of more than £1bn are to be built creating over 1,400 new homes and hundreds of jobs.
Manchester’s SKV Communications has been retained by MediaCityUK’s tech and digital enterprise hub The Landing to deliver communications for a third successive year.
MediaCityUK’s largest bar, lounge and events space, Social 7, has gone cashless, just six months after it launched. The move makes it the largest cashless venue of its kind in the UK.