Naman Ramachandran BBC radio and music is strengthening its diversity commitments, dedicating £12 million ($15.2 million) of its commissioning budget over the next three years towards diverse and inclusive content.This amount will cover new programming commissioned by network radio and BBC Sounds from 2021/22, open to both in-house and independent production companies to compete for.
The qualifying commissions will create content across criteria including diverse stories and portrayals, diverse production teams and talent and diverse-led companies.The BBC will ask their suppliers in the independent sector to meet a 20% diversity target in their teams.The BBC Sounds Lab, which launches this fall, will target the areas in which the.
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