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why am i the only one? Reggie Yates blasts television chiefs — and questioned why there aren’t more black stars on prime-time shows.
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100 YEARS OF BBC DIVERSITY @MARCUSRYDER @MARCUSRYDER
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‘WHAT’S YOUR RATE’? @LORETTALIKES
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Why am I the only one?
Reggie Yates the host of BBC’s prime time show The Voice has blasted television chiefs — and questioned why there aren’t more black stars on prime-time shows. Reggie, who co-presents his BBC1 talent slot with Holly Willoughby, said he finds it “scary” that peak-hour programmes are dominated by white [...]
Executive Producer Narinder Minhas and Producer Ashok Prasad work on new CHANNEL 5 DOCUMENTARIES TELLing THREE REMARKABLE STORIES
Channel 5 has announced three one off documentaries (60 mins each) to air summer 2013 Simon Raikes, Commissioning Editor Channel 5 said “These three films cover a diverse range of subjects, but each one takes the viewer deep into the daily existence of people with extraordinary stories to tell – [...]
Channel 5 to broadcast student production as part of landmark talent-nurturing scheme
Channel 5 is to broadcast a student TV project from the National Film & Television School’s TV Entertainment department to give talented students a great start in the television industry. Channel 5 has now confirmed that the programme will broadcast in summer 2013. Sexts (working title) will be a [...]
Ade Adepitan gave an inspirational closing speech at the Global Vaccine Summit,
Ade Adepitan gave an inspirational closing speech at the Global Vaccine Summit, attended by Bill Gates, Kofi Annan and Desmond Tutu. This major international summit explores the critical role that vaccines and immunisation play in saving lives and keeping vulnerable children healthy. Ade, a gold medalist and presenter of Channel [...]
BBC Three issues Open Casting Call for volunteer dancers for Bollywood musical inspired by Carmen
Romance, music, intrigue and drama are set to hit the city of Bradford this summer with a one-hour live BBC Three event broadcast from Bradford’s City Park. Following the success of BBC Three live events such as Frankenstein’s Wedding in Leeds and Manchester Passion, Bollywood Carmen is a flamboyant reimagining [...]
Televisual pay survey reveals disgruntled workforce
There’s a marked sense of dissatisfaction about pay rates in broadcasting and production, according to Televisual’s 18th annual survey of pay. At first glance, this is rather puzzling. After all, at £47.7k, the average pay in broadcasting and production comfortably outstrips the national average of £26.5k. A television director, for [...]
‘What’s your rate’? @LorettaLikes
As a freelancer that one question that drives me a little nuts is “what is your rate?” Now there are no rules on what to get paid but in general everyone knows the top and low ends of their pay rate, but employers generally want to know how much you [...]
100 years of BBC Diversity @MARCUSRYDER
We have been set a challenge. And for everyone who is interested in increasing diversity in the media it is one of those “once in a lifetime” challenges that we have got to take on. Two weeks ago the new Director General of the BBC Tony Hall asked a [...]
Thatcher and her forgotten legacy @MARCUSRYDER.
As a black person my memory and experience of Margaret Thatcher will be quite different from a white person’s memory of her. Times like this serve to highlight just how important diversity in the media is. Black people are not the only people who have their own unique perspective [...]
The Revolution of African Cinema! by Garmei Chan @OHTV
African cinema is now a growing empire establishing itself amongst the worlds biggest film industries. African cinema encompasses a diverse mix of film and genre types from all over the continent. This is inclusive of the swanky big budget South African films, the unique and unconventional films from French-speaking [...]
MEET Indie filmmaker – Alex Browning
Over the last few years Alex Browning has won a shopping bag full of awards and people are starting to take note of the boy from Bedford. Graduating last year, the director isn’t content with his present collection of nominations and accolades – there’s more to be done. Is [...]
Make Bradford British, will.i.am performance on The Voice UK, and The South Bank Show: Grime, Bow & How UK Hip Hop Found Its Voice – All up for a RTS.
The Royal Television Society (RTS), has announced the nominees for the RTS Programme Awards 2012. Chaired by David Liddiment, the Awards honour excellence in key genres of television programming, from children’s to drama, entertainment and soaps, to comedy performance and documentaries, covering both national and regional output. Held annually, the RTS Programme [...]
Comedienne Angie Le Mar goes Straight to TV Audiences.
As more and more creatives are turning to the internet to reach their audiences we caught up with veteran comedienne Angie Le Mar as she talks about her career, the mainstream and her latest project The Ryan Sisters. For most black women you are a household name, but for those who haven’t had the [...]
Old, Black and Washed Up @marcusryder
I used to be cool. In the words of Bob and Marica I used to be “young, gifted and black”. OK I was never that cool but as a young black man I used to at least be part of a cool group. A group that seemed to matter to [...]
Urban film Distributors – Revolver office shut as company future in question
The independent distributor, Revolver Entertainment’s responsible for the likes of iLL Manors, Anuvahood, Exit Through the Giftshop, closed its doors on Monday. Reports from a number of employees say staff have been told not to return as the company wouldn’t be paying them. “Cash flow problems” According to senior staff formerly at [...]
Why are there no East Asians on UK screens? @MissHyeranKim
If you flick through the channels on your TV right now, the chance that you will see a Chinese, Korean, Japanese or any other oriental race on screen is close to nothing. Although Orientals are one of the most longest residing immigrants in the UK, making up nearly 2% [...]
Livity hires BBC Worldwide exec
Youth engagement agency, Livity, today announces the appointment of Derren Lawford as Head of Content. Lawford will be charged with providing strategic editorial direction across all of Livity’s youth publishing and editorial output with particular emphasis on growing Livity’s TV and online video division. Reporting into and working closely [...]
Are you good enough? @Rob_Scotland
Whilst organisations such as The TV Collective can work tirelessly to create a platform for people of diverse backgrounds to get opportunities with broadcasters and media organisations, what good is it if the first people who get that chance are simply not fit to make the most of it? [...]
Diversity: keeping the digital doorways open
Further to our recent post Digital Media and Diversity – An opportunity for Change, we continued the debate in this week’s Broadcast Bring BAMEs into the heart of mainstream digital content, says Simone Pennant Britain is leading the way in the digital revolution, according to a recent Ofcom report. [...]
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