All Disability articles – Page 22
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NewsChannel 4 commits to disability
Channel 4 is to double down on its 2016 year of disability with further investment and a pledge that its efforts will not be a “flash in the pan”.
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NewsKeating leads C4 non-exec appointments
Ofcom has appointed four non-executive directors including former BBC2 controller Roly Keating to the board of Channel 4.
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NewsCreative Skillset hunts aspiring series producers
Creative Skillset is hunting for the next generation of series producers after launching its scheme for aspiring executives for the second year running.
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NewsIn brief: RTS; Brightcove; Peter Western; C4 & Visable; Pulse
The RTS has appointed a new chair, while the Snowman and the Snowdog animator is to be honoured by Bafta. Read on for more
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NewsC4 preps interactive ads for connected TVs
Channel 4 is to roll-out an interactive advert format on connected TVs and giveaway £1m of airtime to increase diversity in advertising.
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NewsOptomen formats boss joins BBC Studios
BBC Studios has appointed Optomen TV development director Jon Swain to lead its newly-formed popular factual unit.
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FeaturesHot Picks: The Level
Seven years in the making, this six-part serialised crime thriller set on the south coast of England is Holy Flying Circus indie Hillbilly’s fi rst major series commission.
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CommentThere is no need to fear the ‘unknown’ of disability
TV employers should be more open to Access to Work, says director Sebastian Cunliffe
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NewsBoycott threat lingers over Project Diamond
Bectu has reiterated its threat to boycott the Creative Diversity Network’s industry-wide diversity monitoring initiative if it does not agree to publish diversity data about every TV show.
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NewsITV and BBC partner on disability drive
ITV is to search for more disabled actors for Emmerdale and Coronation Street, while the BBC is to ring fence 10% of apprentice opportunities for people with disabilities as part of a dual diversity drive.
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VideoBehind the trail: C4's Superhumans
Channel 4’s three-minute 2016 We’re the Superhumans ad was shot over 12 days and includes more disabled people ever before featured in a UK ad.
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NewsBBC Studios launches diversity scheme
BBC Studios director Mark Linsey has launched a diversity scheme to address the under-representation of BAME and disabled people in creative positions in factual, entertainment and comedy production.
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FeaturesEd Havard, Channel 4
Widely praised for its Paralympics coverage four years ago, Channel 4 plans to go bigger and better in Rio. Head of TV events Ed Havard tells Miranda Blazeby what’s in store
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CommentImproving diversity will help us make better TV
Attracting brilliant, diverse creative talent is vital if we are to stay on top of our game, says Mark Linsey
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NewsBBC must stretch to hit diversity targets
The BBC has made no progress in improving the diversity of its most senior leaders and will need to make significant gains to hit its 2017 target.
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NewsC4 orders extreme sports disability show
A group of disabled people are set to take on bungee jumping, sky diving and waterskiing in a one-off special for Channel 4.
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CommentWhat did the referendum reveal?
Industry must address how it connects with all parts of the UK
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NewsBest Factual Channel: BBC Four
The channel has held its position as the UK’s highest-rated digital factual offering, with an astounding range of headline-hitting and quietly spectacular single documentaries
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NewsBest Popular Factual Programme: Charlie Hebdo: 3 Days That Shook Paris
Commissioned within two months of the Paris attacks of January 2015, Ursula Macfarlane’s moving film mixed interviews, news footage and eyewitnesses’ own mobile phone recordings to piece together the shocking events.