Media Innovator Awards 2020

ever, everyone can have clear, confident, and transparent answers to ‘Who is on TV?’ and ‘Who makes TV?’ and ‘Do people see themselves represented on TV?’. For the UK’s television industry to remain world- beating, broadcasters and producers need to ensure they can draw upon creative ideas and skills from diverse talent from every background. Diamond truly is a ground-breaking project, enhancing the voices of those who have not been represented for so long. No other broadcasting industry in the world has developed such an innovative cross-industry approach where competing broadcasters work together. This is a collective and collaborative approach that truly shows off the innovation that the multimedia entertainment industry is achieving on a daily basis. Creative Diversity Network is as innovative as it is excellent, and is making such a difference to so many people’s lives in front of, and behind the camera. Company: Creative Diversity Network Contact: Deborah Williams Website: https://creativediversitynetwork.com/ Jul20030 Best Broadcasting Diversity Support NPO - UK If we are to continue to produce some of the world’s best content, Diversity in the United Kingdom should be reflected on the nation’s television screens, and that is the core belief of the Creative Diversity Network. As an organisation that was created to measure, share, discuss, and profile the work that broadcasters in the United Kingdom are doing around the diversity agenda, across the UK’s broadcasting industry, the Creative Diversity Network is perhaps one of the most vital companies in the country today. We take a closer look to find out exactly what it does, and how it is working to deliver on its commitment to delivery an industry with equality at its core. Creating exceptional film and television requires excellence on both sides of the camera. It also requires storytelling that reflects the diversity of experiences across the whole of the UK and draws inclusively upon the pool of talent from the widest possible range of backgrounds. Working in the entertainment industry should represent fair opportunities for all, but the United Kingdom has something of a chequered history in that respect. However, the biggest broadcasters in the country are taking steps to combat inequality, and ensure that there is true diversity in the television industry across the country. One of those steps included the formation of the Creative Diversity Network (CDN). The Creative Diversity Network is a non-profit organisation that was founded by the major broadcasters in the United Kingdom. Working together through CDN, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky and C5/ViacomCBS, are driving forward diversity and inclusion, both on and off the screen. At the head of this critical drive is Deborah Williams, who started as the Executive Director at Creative Diversity Network in November 2016. Overseeing the implementation of all the organisational business operations and strategy as well as projects and programmes of work. She comes with more than three decades of experience in the arts, cultural, and creative industries, having previously designed the BFI diversity standards and Arts Council England’s equality analysis processes. Deborah’s experience on both sides of the camera, as performer, writer, policy maker and committed advocate for change through collaboration have made her a powerful custodian of CDN’s biggest project, Diamond.” Diamond is a world first – where all the UK’s major broadcasters jointly come together to use a single system to collect and report on robust and measurable diversity data relating to programmes that they themselves commission. Ultimately, Diamond provides detailed, consistent, and comprehensive monitoring and reporting of diversity and diverse talent working on and off screen across roles, genres and at broadcasters and independent producers. At a time when challenges relating to diversity are growing in prominence and bringing awareness to so many more people, CDN are providing the measurable data for the first time to answer some of these key questions. Now more than Media Innovator Awards 2020 Creating exceptional film and television requires excellence on both sides of the camera. It also requires storytelling that reflects the diversity of experiences across the whole of the UK and draws inclusively upon the pool of talent from the widest possible range of backgrounds. However, the biggest broadcasters in the country are taking steps to combat inequality, and ensure that there is true diversity in the television industry across the country. One of those steps included the formation of the Creative Diversity Network (CDN). The Creative Diversity Network is a non-profit organisation that was founded by the major broadcasters in the United Kingdom. Diamond is a world first – where all the UK’s major broadcasters jointly come together to use a single system to collect and report on robust and measurable diversity data relating to programmes that they themselves commission.