Britain's Channel 4 has come under fire for its lack of diversity, and now a government minister is acknowledging that it's a problem for all of the UK.
Specifically, Channel 4 has a quota of 9% of its qualifying hours to be produced outside of England, but it has only managed to hit that mark just 9.1% of the time since it was granted a license in 2010, reports Deadline.
That's not good enough for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, which together make up about 17% of the population, and they're not happy about it.
"It's about representing a diversity of thought and opinions from across the UK, and across all of our content," says David Smith, director of Screen Scotland.
A group called Screen Scotland, Northern Ireland Screen, and Creative Wales is pushing for an increase in the quota to 16%, and it's gotten a response from a government minister that "the government looks forward to the outcome of the C4 license process addressing the sector's concerns," per a press release.
The BBC notes that Ofcom, the government-appointed body that sets quotas for the UK's public broadcasters, is expected to do so by the end of the year. Read the Entire Article
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