New Broadcasting House, Manchester
E150752
New Broadcasting House, Manchester was the BBC’s former central broadcasting complex in Manchester that housed television, radio, and online operations before their move to MediaCityUK.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Broadcasting House | 2 |
| New Broadcasting House, Manchester canonical | 2 |
| New Broadcasting House, Oxford Road, Manchester | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1305072 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Broadcasting House, Manchester Context triple: [BBC facilities at MediaCityUK, relocatedFrom, New Broadcasting House, Manchester]
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A.
BBC Television Centre, London
BBC Television Centre in London is the iconic former headquarters and main production hub of BBC Television, renowned for its distinctive circular design and decades of broadcasting history.
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B.
St George's Hall, Liverpool
St George's Hall, Liverpool is a grand 19th-century neoclassical building renowned for its concert hall and law courts, and is considered one of the finest examples of neoclassical architecture in Europe.
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C.
The Bridgewater Hall
The Bridgewater Hall is a major purpose-built concert venue in Manchester, England, renowned for its world-class acoustics and role as a leading home for classical music performances.
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D.
The Palace Theatre, Manchester
The Palace Theatre in Manchester is a historic and prominent West End-style venue known for hosting major touring musicals, plays, concerts, and other large-scale live performances.
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E.
Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House is the BBC’s central broadcasting complex in London, renowned as a major hub for radio, television, and news production.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Broadcasting House, Manchester Target entity description: New Broadcasting House, Manchester was the BBC’s former central broadcasting complex in Manchester that housed television, radio, and online operations before their move to MediaCityUK.
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A.
BBC Television Centre, London
BBC Television Centre in London is the iconic former headquarters and main production hub of BBC Television, renowned for its distinctive circular design and decades of broadcasting history.
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B.
St George's Hall, Liverpool
St George's Hall, Liverpool is a grand 19th-century neoclassical building renowned for its concert hall and law courts, and is considered one of the finest examples of neoclassical architecture in Europe.
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C.
The Bridgewater Hall
The Bridgewater Hall is a major purpose-built concert venue in Manchester, England, renowned for its world-class acoustics and role as a leading home for classical music performances.
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D.
The Palace Theatre, Manchester
The Palace Theatre in Manchester is a historic and prominent West End-style venue known for hosting major touring musicals, plays, concerts, and other large-scale live performances.
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E.
Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House is the BBC’s central broadcasting complex in London, renowned as a major hub for radio, television, and news production.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
BBC building
ⓘ
broadcasting complex ⓘ office building ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| formerRole | central hub for BBC broadcasting in Manchester ⓘ |
| function |
central broadcasting complex for the BBC in Manchester
ⓘ
production centre for online content ⓘ production centre for radio ⓘ production centre for television ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
England
ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ North West England ⓘ |
| mediaTypeProduced |
online content
ⓘ
radio ⓘ television ⓘ |
| networkAffiliation |
BBC One regional service for North West England
ⓘ
BBC Online ⓘ
linked to:
BBC
BBC Radio Manchester ⓘ |
| occupant |
BBC GMR
ⓘ
linked to:
BBC GMR (1988–2006)
BBC Manchester ⓘ
linked to:
BBC Radio Manchester
BBC North West ⓘ BBC North West Tonight ⓘ
linked to:
BBC North West Tonight (some production)
BBC Radio Manchester ⓘ BBC online operations in Manchester ⓘ BBC radio operations in Manchester ⓘ BBC television operations in Manchester ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
BBC
ⓘ
British Broadcasting Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
BBC
|
| partOf |
BBC English Regions
ⓘ
BBC North operations ⓘ |
| previouslyHoused |
BBC English Regions staff in Manchester
ⓘ
BBC North West regional services ⓘ
linked to:
BBC North West
BBC local radio for Greater Manchester ⓘ
linked to:
BBC Radio Manchester
|
| replacedBy | MediaCityUK ⓘ |
| servedArea |
Greater Manchester
ⓘ
North West England ⓘ |
| servedAs |
headquarters of BBC North West
ⓘ
main BBC production base in Manchester prior to MediaCityUK ⓘ |
| status | former BBC broadcasting centre ⓘ |
| successorLocationOf | BBC operations at MediaCityUK ⓘ |
| transitionedTo |
MediaCityUK in Salford Quays
ⓘ
linked to:
MediaCityUK
|
| usedFor |
administrative offices for BBC Manchester
ⓘ
current affairs production ⓘ entertainment programming production ⓘ news production ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: New Broadcasting House, Manchester Description of subject: New Broadcasting House, Manchester was the BBC’s former central broadcasting complex in Manchester that housed television, radio, and online operations before their move to MediaCityUK.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: New Broadcasting House, Manchester
linked to: New Broadcasting House, Manchester
subject linked to:
BBC North West Tonight (some production)
linked to: New Broadcasting House, Manchester