Media and Design Excellence
Greater Grimsby is an emerging centre of digital media, with a hotbed of talented young people, award-winning companies and state-of-the-art facilities.
Greater Grimsby offers:
- the area’s largest TV studios
- a centre of excellence for broadcasting
- cutting-edge content providers
- the UK’s longest-running community TV channel
- the first satellite channel in Europe with 100% original content
- partnerships with the industry’s biggest names
- a diverse range of proven film locations
Immage Studios
Based in Immingham, Immage Studios is a significant production centre and hub of creative TV, broadcast technology and new media innovation. The studios consist of a broadcast TV studio with full production support, HD edit suites and a digital broadcast transmission facility. The studio building is home to Propeller TV, and Channel 7.
Community Broadcasting
Channel 7 is the longest running community TV station in the UK. It is a community interest company that works closely with local people to deliver television made by and for the community. The channel has developed links with public and private sector companies and works closely with the Grimsby Institute to provide broadcast media work placements and training opportunities for students.
Locally-based Satellite Channel
Broadcast from Immingham, propeller is the first digital satellite television channel in Europe to screen 100% new and original programming. Propeller TV is a not-for-profit organisation that reinvests any income it generates back into schemes that support new talent.
Media Skills
Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education’s East Coast Media is recognised as a centre providing a wide range of high quality professional media training and education.
The Yorkshire & Humber Media Academy is made up of a partnership of Grimsby’s East Cost Media, University of Bradford and The National Media Museum.
Oscar-winning Film Location
The Grimsby area has a proven track record as a film location with recent successful titles such as Atonement and This is England being part-filmed here. It offers a wide range of diverse scenery ranging from major industrial and port settings and gritty urban streets through to rolling countryside and stunning coastline and beaches.
So, if you’re looking for the optimum location for:
- digital media
- creative industries
- filming and editing
Greater Grimsby is the natural choice.
For more information on the benefits of locating a digital media business here:
Lorna Reeve, North East Lincolnshire Council
01472 324615
lorna.reeve@nelincs.gov.uk