Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 is teaming with TV talent company Gritty Talent to help independent production companies build more diverse senior teams.
The move in the wake of the broadcaster’s new commissioning guidelines published in June, which require all the indies it works with to have ethnically diverse as well as disabled off screen talent on production teams, with the new framework coming into play Aug.
1. The requirements are part of the legacy of Channel 4’s Black to Front Project.Gritty Talent will define where the skills gaps and talent shortages exist across the U.K.
in specific genres, and they will then help to identify the suitable talent. Genres under the spotlight first will be news and current affairs, factual entertainment and documentaries.
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