FEED Spring 2022 Newsletter

WHAT IS OFCOM SAYING?

Breakdown of TV employees by specific minority ethnic group

Looking at Ofcom’s findings from 2019/20, you can see from the first set of bar charts that the UK benchmark for minority ethnic groups is ostensibly met in television, with radio falling far short. Ofcom does go on to note this: “In TV, there was a small improvement from 13% to 15% for all UK-based employees, above the national workforce benchmark of 12%, but well below the figure for London (35%) and Manchester (31%), where most broadcasters are based. ViacomCBS (20%), Sky (18%) and Channel 4 (17%) continued to lead among the main broadcasters at the all-colleague level.” Although there is an acknowledgement of progress, but not equality, where are the action points behind this?

2%

10%

2%

3%

3%

6%

1%

73%

All

MEG employees in TV

14%

2%

2%

3%

15%

15%

3%

13%

13%

12% (London35%)

6%

69%

1%

8% 8%

Promoted

16%

Promoted

All

SMT

2%

1%

2018/19

2019/20

2%

1% 3% 1%

74%

MEG employees in radio

12% (London35%)

11%

9%

SMT

8%

7%

7%

White ethnic groups East Asian/East Asian British

6%

South Asian/South Asian British Black/African/Caribbean/Black British

Mixed Other

Employee preferred not to disclose Data not collected

Promoted

SMT

All

2018/19

2019/20

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