All Disability articles – Page 42
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FEATURE - Watching the detectives
With an inquiry into ITV's share of advertising looming, Ed Shelton looks at the four key Competition Commission players, to find out if their industry knowledge and mixture of abilities measure up to the task.
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C4 embarks on search for deaf programming advisor
Channel 4 is planning to appoint a deaf advisor to act as a consultant on its deaf programming, writes Ashley Davies.
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Channel 4 seeks deaf programming adviser
Consultant sought as Saturday morning deaf series axed
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C4 earns measured praise
The ITC applauded Channel 4 for 'freshness and innovation' across various genres in its annual performance review for 1999, but singled out a number areas for improvement, writes Ashley Davies.
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ITC delivers verdict on performance of Channel 4 and Channel 5
Qualified praise for broadcasters in 1999 annual performance reviews
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ITC delivers verdict on Channel 4 and Channel 5
Qualified praise for broadcasters in 1999 annual performance reviews
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Top BBC chiefs appointed to diversity task forces
The BBC has appointed a string of senior figures to head up task forces to improve its track record on four key diversity issues: race, gender, disability and age, writes Tim
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Census takes snapshop of UK broadcasting
Age, ethnicity and disability will all come under the spotlight this summer as Skillset and the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) launch the first annual census of the UK broadcasting industry, writes Lucy Rouse.
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TRADE TALK - In a Real world
After winning a£1 million order to make Front Room at Pebble Mill, Tony Steyger is leaving the BBC for Victoria Real, reports Dominic Timms.
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CUTTING EDGE TO FEATURE TWO NEW DISABILITY DOCS
Channel 4 has ordered 2 x 30-minute documentaries focusing on disability as part of the forthcoming 16-part run of Cutting Edge. Love is Blind is made by Hannah Berryman for Carlton
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Partially sighted gain from BBC/DTI web deal
The BBC has given the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) web technology to enhance internet access for the partially sighted free of charge, enabling it to meet requirements set out
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C4 unveils disability initiatives
Channel 4 has unveiled two new initiatives to encourage people with disabilities to work in television, writes Wale Azeez.The first of the schemes, the C4 TV Skills Course, is being run
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EDINBURGH: NEXT GENERATION
What happened to last year's list of twenty-something hotshots? David Wood charts their progress, while Leigh Holmwood gets on the trail of some of last year's TVYP young guns as they set off on their careers.
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Soap rubs off
Brookside an educational show? 'Tis so, says Liz Warner, commissioning editor at Channel 4, who argues that educational programming must quit the ghetto to survive.
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First Circle to chronicle Deaf Century for Channel 4
Channel 4 has commissioned First Circle to produce a 3 x 60-minute series chronicling the experiences of deaf people over the last 100 years, writes Tim Dams.The Deaf Century is based
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Radio 4 lines up disabled comedy first
BBC Radio 4 has lined up a new four-part comedy series it hopes will become the disabled equivalent of successful R4 and BBC 2 series, Goodness Gracious Me, writes John Plunkett.Drop
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C4 boosts budgets as funding formula ends
Channel 4 is to boost its programming budget by£43 million and pump an extra£44 million into digital expansion, marketing and film production, in its first year without the funding
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OFF THE RECORD - PC plod
As former England coach Glenn Hoddle knows to his cost, sensitivity is a key requirement when referring to people with disability. Broadcast hacks found themselves in similarly hot water last week
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C4 INTRODUCES DISABLED TALENT DATABASE
Channel 4 is launching a new disability talent database as part of an effort to offer disabled people a fast-track route into programmes and programme-making. The database, comprising actors, presenters, journalists,