British pay-TV broadcaster Sky has unveiled its latest diversity figures, highlighting its success on screen although it is struggling with its own writer quotas. In 2014, the Comcast-backed compan…
has unveiled its latest diversity figures, highlighting its success on screen although it is struggling with its own writer quotas.
In 2014, the Comcast-backed company became one of the first British TV firms to put its own quotas in place, targeting 20% of onscreen roles and 20% of writing positions going to black, Asian and minority ethic people. In the twelve months to end of September 2019, it revealed that on screen representation was 31%, above its own target. However, it also noted that only 8% of writers were BAME. Separately, it has also had success by putting at least one person from a BAME background in a senior production role across its original series.Sky has several schemes aimed at addressing areas of ongoing underrepresentation.
Sky has collected data from across its original commissions made in the UK as part of Project Diamond, an industry wide diversity monitoring scheme. The next publication of the Diamond report, the third annual publication, is scheduled for release later this month. Sky Studios CEO Gary Davey, who is the company’s executive sponsor of BAME inclusion, said, “The Diamond data is an essential tool for holding ourselves accountable for diversity on both sides of the screen. We are making huge progress in some areas, but Diamond has highlighted specific areas where we need to redouble our efforts. This is especially the case among the writer population, where we’ll be stepping up efforts to address the underrepresentation of BAME voices.
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