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9 October 2008


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Hut MEDIA, the box assemblage behind Tube hits such as Waterloo Road, Supernanny, Who do You Think You Are, New Actions and Bad Girls has today announced that, in early 2009, it is to open its first Scottish administrative center within the new Digital Media Area DMQ at Glasgow s Pacific Quay.

The proclamation coincides with the spokesperson launch of the DMQ and sees Hut join The Glasgow School of Painting s Digital Design Loft DDS , which is moving to the scene early next year, as a key renter of the quarter. Regional Selective Support support from the Scottish Regime of up to 100,000 is creature made available to Shed, with additional Schooling Bonus bursary amounting to around 30,000 spread over three years.


The aim of the DMQ, developed by Scottish Enterprise, is to provide a highly distinctive and dedicated dealing scene for Scotland s digital media and related industries, providing a physical center of attention for these behavior in the metropolis and the site. It extends to around five hectares, forming fraction of the wider Pacific Pier area, which is abode to BBC Scotland, Scottish Media Group, XFM Scotland, Big screen Capital Glasgow and Glasgow Knowledge Centre. The Digital Media and Creative Industries in Scotland version for around 2.8 billion in economic requisites and employs an estimated 100,000.

The hallucination for the DMQ was launched to around 200 production legislative body from the digital media and diffusion communities at BBC Scotland s Pacific Pier HQ. The spectators became the first in Scotland to bystander a high designation holographic cassette protuberance system, which allows spectacular three-dimensional moving metaphors to appear within a live period setting. The Eye shadow Organism is the hobbyhorse of London-based Musion and axiom an original dragon from the BBC s Dragon s Den, Doug Richard, interact Princess Leia way with a full-size hologram picture of himself.

Commenting on the verdict to open its Scottish administrative center at DMQ, Hut s Head Executive, Eileen Gallagher, said: This is a perfect scene for us. We are next exit to our major patrons at BBC Scotland and as fraction of The Core we are neighbours to the brightest digital innovators in the UK. Our arrangement is to produce many leading programme brands from Scotland and to develop creative digital content around them for UK and international audiences.

We are very grateful for the support and support given to us by Scottish Venture and Glasgow Capital Board who s support has made our move to Scotland possible.

The Medius building, a near 2,500m2 open arrangement shop was the first on the place to be completed and has now been joined by the Hub, a impression liberty to encourage inter-company interaction, providing a collaborative working environment. The Digital Design Studio, The Glasgow School of Painting force relocate to the Core in Spiral 2009. The Digital Design Loft is a earth organizer in advanced visualisation and interface research and teaching. Research areas include the groundbreaking 3D copy of the metropolis of Glasgow, virtual shipbuilding and the Health check Visualisation Association



Commenting on its plans, Paul Anderson, Executive of the Digital Design Studio, The Glasgow School of Painting said: The DDS s repositioning to Pacific Pier is central to the augmentation of the Loft as one of the UK s leading higher learning centres for teaching, research and information exchange in advanced 3D visualisation and interaction. Our new amenities with be some of the best in Europe, allowing us to build on our existing international status and purchaser list, and act as a major draw for companies to locate to Pacific Pier to be amongst some of the worlds leading academics and researchers in this countryside .

Adrian Gillespie, Executive of Scottish Venture s Digital Markets and Enabling Technologies squad said: The DMQ venture is aimed at bringing together digital media content developers, broadcasters and publishers, communiqu know-how companies, research and escalation institutions and related technologies working across the media. The hallucination is to create a centre of distinction and a dynamic center of attention for the digital media industries in Scotland.

The venture is taking improvement of the international escalation whereby new media communities have clustered in inner metropolis areas and aims to develop a high value dealing environment, specifically tailored to meet the desires of this division with smart , flexible buildings with contact to a broad assortment of technologies.

Commenting on the economic blow that the DMQ could have for Scotland, John Swinney, Breakfront Escritoire for Funding and Sustainable Growth, who attended the launch said: Today s launch of the Glasgow Digital Media Area is a very exciting escalation for everybody connected with the production in Scotland.

Digital media now contributes over 700 million to Scotland s market and has the potential to help increase sustainable economic growth. The division is a world-class dealing scene for companies, including international firms, in one of the market s fastest growing sectors. Not only that, but these innovative new amenities here in Glasgow provide a leg for Scottish digital media companies to shine on the global stage.

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For further information:

Martin Cryans, Firefly Transportation 07730 415034

Jamie Henderson Lucy Newlands, Firefly Transportation 0131 553 0150


Similes available on request:

Hologram picture of Doug Richard, aerial of DMQ, 3D mapping of Glasgow


To learn more about the DMQ at Pacific Pier call www.pacificquaydmq.com

To learn more about the 3D hologram imaging call www.musion.co.uk

To learn more about the Digital Design Loft call www.gsa.ac.uk dds

To learn more about Hut Media call www.shedproductions.com

To learn more about Scottish Venture call www.scottish-enterprise.com digitalmarkets

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