Fewer than one in five presenters at major broadcasters over the age of 50 are women, a new study reveals.
Research compiled from figures taken from the main UK broadcasters found that just 18% of presenters over 50 are women. BBC television and radio, Sky, ITN and Channel 5 combined have just 26 women over 50 working as regular on-air presenters out of a total of 481 presenters.
WFTV News
15th May 2013
The Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California has this week released a new study examining on-screen portrayal and behind-the-scenes employment patterns in motion pictures released between 2007 and 2012. It reveals that out of 4,475 speaking characters on screen, only 28.4% were female. This translates into a ratio of 2.51 males to every 1 female on screen.
6th May 2013
The Board of Directors is made up of committed WFTV (UK) members, elected for a term of at least three years. Every year we invite nominations for the Board, and any member whose name appears on the list of members in good standing* may stand as a nominee or may nominate someone else from the list.
6th May 2013
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has unveiled a major new industry report, The Creative Revolution: Is Digital Technology Changing Creativity in TV? The report is the third in a trilogy investigating the challenges facing the television industry in the digital age and explores the relationship between digital technology and creativity in the production and delivery of TV programming.
22nd April 2013
We are delighted to report that Not Another Happy Ending, produced by WFTV member Claire Mundell of Synchronicity Films and co-produced by member Wendy Griffin (who we ran a production case study with in Glasgow back in January), will close the 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival on 30 June.
19th April 2013
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Gabriela Cowperthwaite's feature documentary, Blackfish, shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
We're delighted to have a pair of tickets to give away to the Sundance London screening of Blackfish on Thursday 25 April, 6.00pm, at 02 Cineworld, London.
19th April 2013
We are delighted to share the news that filmmaker and current WFTV mentee, Eva Weber, has been awarded a San Francisco Film Society and Kenneth Rainin Foundation Award.
15th April 2013
Calling on all Actor and Director members! We need your talents for the next edition of the WFTV Writers’ Group Read-Through taking place in Central London at 6:30pm on Wednesday 1 May.
15th April 2013
Obituary for Clare Grayston, long-time WFTV Company Secretary, by former Director and Board member Janet Fielding.
20th March 2013
The creative industries have been given a further £25m to help contribute to economic growth, it was announced today.
Following the £6m allocation announced by Chancellor George Osborne in 2012’s Autumn Statement, the Skills Investment Fund (SIF) will be given an extra £5m each year over the next two years, with government match-funding for voluntary industry contributions.