Old Broadcasting House
Old Broadcasting House has been a landmark for film production for decades. After many years of being a base for the BBC, this listed building has been beautifully refurbished and represents a stunning coming together of history and technology. The building’s 21st century purpose is now to act as the focus of enterprise at Leeds Met.
nti Leeds is just one of the communities that resides at Old Broadcasting House. We know how important it is to network. It brings in new business, new ideas and facilities, learning and opportunities. This unqiue space is now a hub for the creative and digital sector in the region and provides a home for regular networking and industry BarCamp, Northern Bloggers, Geekup and OpenCoffee.
This pioneering professional ‘third space’ work environment in the heart of the city, is home to top spec computers and the latest software applications, meeting areas and group working in a stunning creative space. It is home to a community of independent, freelance and nomadic workers – digital entrepreneurs, creatives, technologists, artists, designers, marketers, writers and programmers, all of whom share our core values of collaboration, openness, community and sustainability. The best elements of creative and digital professionals working from home, traditional offices, as well as coffee shops and cafes; to give independent workers an affordable, creative, sociable, energetic and productive space to work.
As well as providing the base for nti Leeds, Old Broadcasting House is home to The Institute for Enterprise, a HEFCE funded Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Business Start-up and the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team; all of which continue to push today’s boundaries like previous residents including the first filmed moving picture using single-lens camera and paper film by inventor Louis Aimé Augustin Le Pr
ince.
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