Northwest Vision and Media, CDNN and RTS present?.

find out what new audiences want

November 27th 2007, Palace Hotel

Did you know?.

? In 2007 Indian tourist spend overtook Japanese tourist spend in London?

? By 2011 4.6 million people will be aged over 75?

? By 2010, single person households will account for 40% of the housing market?

? That ?Muhammed? is the 2nd most popular name for baby boys in Britain?

? By 2010, only 20% of workforces will be White, male and under 40?

Britain is changing?how does it affect you?

? Are you a producer or company interested in finding out what new audiences want?
? Want to know how diversity can improve your business?
? Want to find out what broadcasters think about new audiences?

Join Hardeep Singh Kohli and guests to find out what new audiences want.

It?ll be a fun and informal evening designed to make you think about changing Britain and how you and your company can benefit from knowing what they want.

TO BOOK

Either email Claire Hoang on Claireh@visionandmedia.co.uk or Text the word ?Vision? and your name to 88010.

Speakers to include:

Angela Chan - BBC

Angela currently works as a diverse talent consultant for the BBC. Her job is to be as useful as possible to you in whatever way she can to help you get ahead (preferably within the BBC or making programmes for it!). This year she has been instrumental in the launch of a diversity database for production talent which is used widely within the BBC, as well as putting together an ‘Onscreen Talent Directory’ of diverse presenters which is now available as a resource to anyone who wants to use it via the BBC Commissioning Homepage. Angela has worked as an executive producer in the indie sector for companies like Firefly and Eleven Film. She’s been a deputy commissioning editor in current affairs for Channel 4.

Ade Rawcliffe ? Channel 4

Ade?s role at the channel involves working with commissioning to encourage diversity in production teams and onscreen as well as spearheading diversity initiatives across the channel and the independent sector.
Channel 4 have onscreen diversity targets for all commissioning genres so that they reflect a modern, vibrant multicultural Britain. In addition, to help bring a wider variety of voices and opinions to all of our programmes, Channel 4 has develop two sources of useful information: the Directory of Ethnic Minority Contributors, which is designed to help production companies locate Black, Asian and other ethnic minorities to participate in their output; and A Guide to Improving On-Screen Diversity, which offers practical tips to production companies.