The BBC is committing £100 million ($124 million) over three years to diverse and inclusive content. The U.K. public broadcaster says it wants to take 'bold steps that will help make the BBC an instrument of real change.' Details:
The U.K. public broadcaster is also putting into place a mandatory 20-percent diverse-talent target for all new commissions as it plans"bold steps that will help make the BBC an instrument of real change."
The investment — set out Monday as part of the U.K. public broadcaster's Creative Diversity Commitment — will be supported by a new mandatory 20 percent diverse-talent target in all new commissions from April 2021. June Sarpong, who joined the BBC as director of creative diversity in late 2019, said the move was the first in a series of "bold steps that will help make the BBC an instrument of real change."
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