BBC Smashes Creative Diversity Targets

BBC Smashes Creative Diversity Targets

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC smashed its creative diversity targets by £60M ($80M) last year, as the person responsible for ensuring the corporation works with under-represented voices tells us her team is now completely embedded in the commissioning process. Revealed in its BBC Commissioning Report for the year to March 31 2025, the broadcaster said it spent £140M on shows that qualify for its creative diversity commitment, when its target was to spend…

Freezing out multicultural Britain hits the commercials - DecisionMarketing

The UK media and advertising industry is stuck in a time warp when it comes to reflecting the lived experiences of multicultural Britain, and it is not only affecting brands’ reputations, it is also hitting their commercial performance. Drawing on over a decade of research, The Multicultural Communities Report 2025 by Mediareach reveals that while 18% of the UK population now comes from non-white British backgrounds, and 40% in London, represent…

BBC annual commissioning report: higher diversity content spend, lower number of commissioned indies

The BBC’s annual commissioning report for 2024/2025 is touting a rise in commissioning spend for original content for the past year, but the money is going to a smaller number ...

Report: BBC invests £1.6bn in original TV content

The BBC has published its Commissioning Report 2024/25, revealing a year of strong investment in UK content and outputs of its commissioning strategy across the UK. Over the past year, the BBC invested more than £1.6 billion in original UK television content, commissioning over 300 production companies across the country. In Radio, it commissioned 245 […]