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1. 21. ITV 'is playing catch-up'

   Manchester Evening News, Wednesday 07 March 2007 BROADCAST giant ITV is too bureaucratic, its programming content lacks innovation and it is playing "catch up" in many areas.

2. 22. BBC: More departments may come to Salford

   Manchester Evening News, Friday 19 January 2007 THE BBC may transfer even more departments to Salford after their big move to the north. The M.E.N. reported that the move had finally been given the go-ahead yesterday. Now Broadcasting Minister Shaun Woodward has revealed that he expects even more parts of the BBC to move to Salford.

3. 23. Give pie regards to Broadway...

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 15 January 2007 A FORMER pie factory in Broadway has provided the first taste of Salford's plans to offer a world-class destination for television and film-makers.

4. 24. Confirmed: BBC is moving north

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 18 January 2007 THE historic BBC move to Salford is to go ahead, it was confirmed. Five BBC departments - including Sport, Children's and Radio Five Live - will transfer north by 2011, along with 1,500 jobs. It marks a new era for the BBC and fires the starting gun for other media and technology companies to join them at Salford's Media City.

5. 25. £10m fund to boost city's best new ideas

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 30 January 2007 SCIENCE and innovation in Manchester received a major leg-up today with the launch of a pioneering é10m fund to help fledgling companies with bright ideas take off.

6. 26. Festival back in picture

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 03 May 2007 SALFORD Film Festival will go ahead this year after all. Councillors have agreed to plug a £20,000 funding gap. But organisers claim they had to shame politicians into helping.

7. 27. Business opposes c-charge

   Manchester Evening News, Thursday 21 June 2007 FOUR out of five businesses in Greater Manchester would vote against the planned congestion charge in a referendum.

8. 28. Green light for new film and TV agency

   Manchester Evening News, Tuesday 17 April 2007 CASTING has been completed for the starring roles at the north west's new film and TV agency.

9. 29. Granada's tower goes

   Manchester Evening News, Monday 05 November 2007 IT'S been a familiar landmark on the Manchester skyline for decades, but Granada's famous aerial has finally been taken down.

10. 30. Key regeneration figure retires

    Manchester Evening News, Thursday 01 November 2007 A KEY figure in Salford's regeneration is calling it a day after more than twenty years service. Malcolm Sykes, 60, has overseen dramatic changes in the city as strategic director for housing and planning for Salford council.

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