Media Industry-Mock Interview Research

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Media Industry-Mock Interview Research

Channel 4
Created in 1982, Channel 4 is a streaming service that is freely available for the whole of the UK.
They have the youngest public service channel in the UK and have a large audience of 16-34-year-olds.
Channel 4 commissions content from independent productions and currently work with around 300 creative companies across the UK every year.


Inclusion & Diversity
Channel 4 want to create change through entertainment, representing unheard voices and reinventing entertainment. A key part of Channel 4's ethos is to appeal to people whatever their culture, nationality, religious persuasion, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, gender, race or age.

Channel 4 has 3 pillars to their inclusion and diversity sector;
-Inclusive workforce
-On-screen representation
-Leading the industry;Channel 4 want to be the leading company in the UK for inclusion and diversity. 

Commitments- Channel 4's ambition is that, by 2023, they want their workforce to be composed of no less than:

• Ethnically Diverse: 20%

• Disability: 12%

• LGBT+: 6%

And within their top 100 paid:

• Gender: 50/50 split

• Ethnically Diverse: 20%


  

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