Creative and Media Industries

Norwich has a strong creative and media industries cluster. Companies based in the city include ITV Anglia, BBC East, Radio Broadland, Radio Norfolk, Archant (the UK’s largest independently-owned regional media business), Imago and Town House TV.

Why Norwich?

• Employment in the media industry is higher than the national average.
• Norwich has a significant cluster of creative industries.
• Home to the East of England Production Innovation Centre (EPIC) - the largest independent production facility in the East of England and one of the largest dedicated TV production facilities outside of London. EPIC provides world-class production equipment and studios for professional production companies and facilities for educational and training organisations.
• The highly regarded Norwich School of Art and Design offers a wide range of speciality courses, including fine art, graphic design, animation, photography and textiles.
• The University of East Anglia has a long-established international reputation for literary studies, particularly for its pioneering MA in creative writing.
• Norwich is a city of festivals. Regular festivals include the Norfolk and Norwich Festival (the oldest city arts festival in Britain), an International Literature Festival and AURORA – an international film arts festival.
• Norwich has a strong cultural infrastructure including theatres, museums, music venues and art centres.

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