All Disability articles – Page 40
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NEWS ANALYSIS - In the mainstream?
The BBC's specialist programme units are being cut or wound down as their activities are subsumed into other departments, but some doubt whether this approach will benefit minorities or people with special needs.
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BBC may close minority units
The BBC's flagship minority programme centres - the disability programme unit (DPU) and the Manchester-based Afro-Caribbean programme units (ACPU) - are being 'closed by stealth', according to insiders.Sources have told Broadcast
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BBC winds down disability and Afro-Caribbean units
Insiders at the DPU and ACPU say the two departments are being closed down 'by stealth' to avoid negative publicity
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BBC redefines plans for BBC3
Corporation to place more emphasis on social action and public service factual programming when it re-submits in next few months
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BBC 3 plan redefined
The BBC is to place a far greater emphasis on social action and public service factual programming when it resubmits its proposals to the government for new digital youth channel BBC
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Parkhill wins third Soho Shorts Festival
Director of ground-breaking look at disability wins Artsworld film award at Rushes's annual short film festival
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APPEAL FOR FUN RUN
Tyrell is appealing to friends of its former managing director Nigel Scott to join him in a fun run on Sunday (22 July) at Battersea Park to raise money for the
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TV jokes 'difficult' claims BSC report
Offbeat jokes broadcast in late-night comedy programmes have been a major sticking point for the Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC), writes Colin Robertson.
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ntl Commercial Radio Awards Winners in full
The winners were as follows:The ntl/Bloomberg Social Action Initiative Award: Emma Bailie - 97.4 Rock FMRock FM's double-decker mobile youth centre impressed the judges. The mobile youth centre, made out of
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CHANNEL 4 - Topping expectation
Is Michael Jackson letting down those who look to Channel 4 to dare to be different by transforming it into an admirable commercial enterprise, or are its new services a necessary move to prevent demise, in keeping with its spirit of innovation?
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Channel 4 Statement of Programme Policy
Channel 4's objectives are founded in our remit as laid out in the statement of programme policy, attached to the Channel 4 licence.This states that Channel 4 should 'foster the
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C4 orders two one-offs from Maverick.
Channel 4 has ordered two one-off specials and a series of shorts from indie Maverick TV. Head of C4 Ideas Lab Liz Warner has ordered Jailbait, a 50-minute piece looking at
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C4 orders two one-offs from Maverick
Channel 4 has ordered two one-off specials and a series of shorts from indie Maverick TV.Head of C4 Ideas Lab Liz Warner has ordered Jailbait, a 50-minute piece looking at
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Database plan for multicultural talent.
Channel 4 is setting up a multicultural talent database and has hired Granada Television producer/director Amina Razaq to implement it, writes Ashley Davies.
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INTERVIEW - The learning zone.
Anal fistulae, stinky feet, piles, streaming perspiration, underage sex, embarrassing children, self-help books, sex therapy. It's all Richard McKerrow's fault that programmes on these subjects have sparked the odd watercooler moment.
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CENSUS - Who's working the system
The television and radio industries have never been quantified before. But the Audio Visual Industries Training Group has done the first ever census of TV and radio staff. The survey was taken in May and shows the industry is male-dominated, with many min
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Minorities 'betrayed' by broadcast sector
The broadcast industry employs more than 115,000 people, according to the first ever census of the TV, radio and new media industries - far more than the government's previous estimate of
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TV industry 'no better than police in betrayal of ethnic minorites' says union boss
Bectu boss reacts to AVITG/DCMS census which shows less than nine per cent of TV staff employed from ethnic backgrounds
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Channel 4 hires deaf consultant
Channel 4 has appointed its first deaf advisor to act as a consultant on its programming for the hard of hearing, writes Ashley Davies.
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Deaf group warns Sky over subtitling
Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) president Lord Ashley has warned satellite and cable operators that they could face legal action for failing to provide adequate subtitling services.In a heated