Peel Media has announced that Andy Waters is to join MediaCityUK's senior management team as head of studios.

Waters is currently one of a team of resource managers responsible for delivering business for BBC Studios and Post Production.

He has spent 20 years in the TV studio environment having started his career at Limehouse Studios before moving to the BBC.

Sinead Greenaway, chief executive of Peel Media, said today: “We’re delighted that Andy Waters is joining us as head of studios. This is a key appointment for MediaCityUK and Andy’s vast experience at both the BBC and with the commercial sector, will be a great asset to our team as we move towards studio operational mode by the end of 2010.”

Owned and operated by Peel Media, MediaCityUK's studio block will begin operations at the end of this year and include seven high definition television studios, two audio studios (one dedicated to the BBC Philharmonic), and a technical block.

Waters, who takes up his new post in "early summer", said: "I’m excited to be involved in this fantastic opportunity to create a 21st century studio facility at Salford Quays where content producers can make their shows the best they can possibly be. I’m looking forward to working at MediaCityUK, an innovative and vibrant hub, where programmes will be at the heart of what we do.”

The first phase of MediaCityUK is due to be completed next year, when the BBC will move in and the University of Salford will open a new higher education centre.