News| Broadcasting’s poor ethnic mix has an impact on everyone – via The Guardian
(Image source: www.sfgate.com) Reposted from The Guardian Media folk tend to be, if not leftish then certainly liberal – with a small "L".
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‘Why do black actors like Idris Elba have to go to the US for success?’ – via The Guardian
Reposted from The Guardian, written by Hugh Muir Delicious rebellion on the Today programme as Simon Albury, the former chief executive of the Royal Television Society,
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News| 12 Years A Slave lands 9 Oscar Nominations
It looks like this year's Oscars will be a three-horse race with Gravity (10 noms), American Hustle (10 noms) and 12 Years A Slave (9 noms) leading
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Corrie’s First Muslim Family Joins the Street
via Radio Times The family of Kal Nazir (Jimi Mistry) is to be introduced to ITV soap Coronation Street over the coming months
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Bafta Film Awards 2014: The Nominations
The 67th Bafta Film Awards will take place on February 16th at London's Royal Opera House. As expected, Gravity and 12 Years A
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News| Steve McQueen: UK industry ‘hugely behind’ on diversity
Reposted from ScreenDaily 12 Years A Slave director Steve McQueen has told ScreenDaily that the UK film industry is “hugely behind” when it
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News| London Live Unveils ‘Multicultural’ News & Current Affairs Anchors
Reposted from The Guardian Local TV channel London Live has unveiled a team of four to anchor its news and current affairs coverage, with presenting backgrounds
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SceneProfiles| Mad News – Screen Nation Digital-iS Media Awards Favourite Arts, Entertainment, Lifestyle Web or Mag Nominee
As the exclusive online media partner for the Screen Nation Digital-iS Media Awards we will be featuring each of the nominees in the lead up
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SceneProfiles| BREACH – Screen Nation Digital-iS Media Awards Favourite Web Series Ensemble Nominee
As the exclusive online media partner for the Screen Nation Digital-iS Media Awards we will be featuring each of the nominees in the lead up
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News| Should Twitter play a part in deciding TV shows’ future? via The Guardian
(The Wright Way: BBC1 dropped the Ben Elton sitcom after it faced criticism on Twitter) Via The Guardian Twitter's increasingly hand-in-glove relationship with
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