All Roundtable articles – Page 5
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NewsBroadcast launches Creative Week events
Broadcast is teaming up with its sister titles to launch Creative Week, five days of high-level events in June covering the television business, film world and advertising community.
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FeaturesThe inevitable rise of Ultra HD
While 4K is widely touted as the next big thing there is still a long way to go
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CommentPressing need for diversity data
Representation won’t improve if we don’t know who’s making TV
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NewsCDN puts diversity pledges to test
The Creative Diversity Network (CDN) is on the brink of unveiling a monitoring service that will assess how the major broadcasters’ are performing against their diversity targets – and compared with each other – for the first time.
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NewsTV admits diversity failures
Baroness Floella Benjamin made an impassioned plea in her opening address at Ed Vaizey’s diversity roundtable last week: “Don’t let our children down,” she said, “especially our young black men. They don’t feel part of this.”
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CommentThose in power must pile on BAME pressure
Real action requires organisations in power to demand transparency, says Janice Turner
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NewsLenny Henry: diversity needs dedicated funding
Actor and writer Lenny Henry has called for broadcasters to ring-fence money to increase BAME representation in the TV industry.
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CommentBAME: this time we must act
Ed Vaizey must not miss the opportunity to boost minority employment, says Simon Albury
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NewsEd Vaizey to probe diversity stats
Ed Vaizey, UK Minister for UK Culture, Communications and Creative Industries is calling on senior figures in TV, film and arts to explain the lack of diversity in their industries at a ministerial roundtable next week.
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NewsBroadcasters told: ‘Be braver on green issues’
UK broadcasters must be “braver” in tackling climate change issues and communicating commissioning opportunities for environmental programming more clearly, according to a report.
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FeaturesGiving women a voice
Adam Bambury looks at the impact of BBC’s Expert Women Days and speaks to some of the women whose media careers have received a boost
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NewsStamping out the bullying
Unacceptable behaviour at the BBC will no longer be tolerated, says Donna Taberer
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NewsBroadcast and Screen launch diversity forum
Broadcast and sister publication Screen International, in collaboration with Creative Skillset and FilmLondon, are to host a one-day forum aimed at improving diversity in the UK film and TV industries.
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NewsMilburn champions equality
C4 roundtable attendees agree initiatives to help socially disadvantaged into employment
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NewsSalmon: C4 would be better off in regions
BBC North director Peter Salmon has suggested Channel 4 should consider moving outside of London to restate its credentials as a distinctive broadcaster.
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FeaturesMediaCityUK: Assessing the benefit
Broadcast’s roundtable discusses the impact of the TV hub
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CommentDiversity problem won’t fix itself
Every time Skillset’s census emerges, the industry professes shock and disappointment
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NewsBroadcast all set for Salford week
Broadcast will relocate to MediaCityUK in Salford this week for a special two days of events and coverage.
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NewsHarman calls for more action on older women
Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman is calling on broadcasters to agree a methodology for accurately measuring the number of older women working in the media and has suggested targets are the only answer to achieving equality.
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NewsHarman slams lack of women on TV
Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has published new data that shows female television presenters “disappear into a black hole” when they reach 50.