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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