All Broadcast articles in 23 July 2021
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Features
Ramy El-Bergamy, head of development, Lifted
‘Ethnicity and disability are not mutually exclusive’
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Features
The truth about disability in TV
Six people with disabilities open up about their lived experiences of working in the industry and how it could be improved
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Features
Disability report highlights ‘untapped potential’
CDN review urges industry to better leverage 14m strong group
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Comment
Disabled people must be part of the conversation
Any solution for getting more disabled people into the industry should take into account our lived experience, says Caroline O’Neill
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Comment
Misconceptions and biases are holding back progress
If we are to bring down the barriers to our industry, we need to change the narrative around disabled talent, says Deborah Williams
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Comment
Making the economic case for C4 is key to winning the fight
Broadcast editor Chris Curtis calls on the industry to argue that privatisation doesn’t stack up commercially
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Ratings
How To Save a Grand trumped by Olympics
MONDAY: Channel 4’s money-saving format no match for competition from games highlights and Corrie
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News
Drummer seeks to raise bar for deaf programming
Indie aims to capitalise on Broadcast Award win for CBBC doc about deafness
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News
Tokyo 2020 Olympics unveils host of broadcast innovations
The competition Is aiming to engage fans despite empty stadiums.
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News
AE Live delivers The Hundred graphics
The on-screen graphics have been adjusted to help new viewers understand the game.
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Podcast
Newswrap: Kids TV special (transcription)
The pod drills down into the world of children’s TV and Blue Peter legend Konnie Huq joins to reflect on a 25-year career
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Comment
Don’t criminalise journalists for doing their job
Plans to alter the Official Secrets Act will have a chilling effect on doc makers and news and current affairs, says John Battle
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News
HBO and HBO Max hit 67.5m global subscribers
Platform has seen an increase of 12m customers in the past year
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News
Second Hundred match hits 2m viewers
It was also streamed 260,000 times across BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website.
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News
C4 reveals Black to Front scripted winner
Bolu Babalola pilot Big Age from Tiger Aspect to air in September
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Ratings
BBC heist doc makes off with 600,000
THURSDAY: Highest PSB 9pm rating is just 1.1m on extremely quiet night
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News
Tokyo Olympics: let the Games begin
Broadcasters rethink their approach to covering this summer’s Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games