Channel 4 has appointed Naomi Sesay as Head of Creative Diversity, reporting into Emma Hardy, Director of Commissioning Operations,. Sesay was previously Interim Head of Creative Diversity for Channel 4 in 2019 “At Channel 4, we are committed to increasing diversity on and off screen, so it is great to welcome Naomi back to Channel […]
Sky, Europe’s leading media and entertainment company, is today announcing a two-year partnership with Sir Lewis Hamilton’s charitable foundation, Mission 44, that aims to address the disproportionately high rate of school exclusions among Black students in the UK. The partnership forms part of Sky’s £30 million commitment towards tackling systemic racism and will see Mission […]
Kick It Out, football’s leading anti-discrimination organisation, has announced it will be partnering with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to identify and address issues of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) within cricket. The events of the last year in cricket were indications that the sport and culture around it, needs progressive and inclusive […]
Today (January 17th) the NBA will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day (MLK Day) with ‘NBA 360’, a lineup of six games broadcast to fans in Europe and the Middle East in a simultaneous live feed produced by the NBA, tipping off at 6.00pm GMT on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sport Arena. NBA […]
On January 17th, WWE will honour Dr Martin Luther King Jr with a special tribute set to John Legend’s Never Break across all its platforms, including the broadcast of Monday Night RAW on USA Network. Legend describes this song as “the idea of resilience, the idea of commitment to something greater than yourself, and the […]
Sky has announced funding plans targeted specifically at Black entrepreneurs to deliver its commitment to tackle racial injustice. In June 2020, Sky earmarked £30million over the three years to improve Black and minority ethnic representation at all levels within Sky; make a difference in communities impacted by racism; and use the power of its voice […]
Polaris, the black-owned television, digital and social media platform, has announced the launch of its first free ad-supported streaming TV channel (FAST), that has debuted on VIZIO’s SmartCast platform. Created by digital media pioneer and legendary journalist, Rahman J. Dukes, Polaris promises to uncover and share stories created by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color […]
Sky Documentaries and Sky’s Black History Month collection now includes the five Together TV’s Diverse Film Fund short documentaries. An anthology of five themed films, going out under the banner of Black, British and Breaking Boundaries, they are a celebration of the previously overlooked stories within Black communities around the UK. The inaugural Diverse Film […]
Sky and Kick It Out have partnered with University of Liverpool Management School to launch the Kick It Out Scholarship Programme. The scholarships will be targeted at Black and other under-represented ethnic minorities in the UK applying for the 2022 Football Industries MBA qualification which is a one-year course starting in September next year. As […]
ViacomCBS, parent company of Paramount+, CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, has released the findings of its newest Global Insights project, Reflecting Me: Global Representation On Screen, which uncovers that global audiences feel entertainment companies have a responsibility to increase authentic, accurate on-screen representation. The study is an expansive in-depth exploration of how television and […]