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28/02/2025
ITV Confirms The Return Of Its £80m Diversity Commissioning Spend
ITV is announcing a further ring-fenced £80 million in commissioning spend for diverse projects over the next three years, and a doubling of the Diversity Development Fund (that helps develop qualifying ideas) to £1 million, following the success of the inaugural Diversity Commissioning Fund.
The news comes as ITV today publishes a report on the inaugural Diversity Commissioning Spend (formerly Diversity Commissioning Fund), which in 2022 ringfenced £80 million over three years for diverse commissions, alongside an additional £500k Diversity Development Fund to develop ideas that could qualify for the fund.
The report reveals that the Diversity Commissioning Spend has driven success in commissioning from more diverse-led companies, reaching new audiences and championing on and off-screen talent. ITV’s Media and Entertainment team and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team are today pleased to confirm its return for 2025 - 2027. Known now as the Diversity Commissioning Spend, this £80 million investment is ringfenced money in ITV’s existing programme budget, driving racial and disability equity across the TV industry. Its data-driven approach means ITV has focused on addressing the areas of greatest underrepresentation – People of Colour (POC) and Deaf, Disabled or Neurodivergent (DDN) people.
It is once again available for qualifying companies who can demonstrate diverse ownership or leadership, or two of the remaining three criteria around either diverse creative leadership, diverse stories and portrayal on-screen, or diverse salary spend. Ideas should be pitched to ITV’s commissioning teams and must fit existing editorial briefs for specific departments, but in short ITV is looking for the very best popular, inclusive unmissably entertaining ideas, to bring in wide audiences to ITV1 and ITVX, with a particular focus on 25-54 year olds.
Alongside the Diversity Commissioning Spend, ITV is today announcing it will be doubling investment in the Diversity Development Fund to £1 million over 2025-27, and expanding how it can be used to include making sets more accessible and developing underrepresented trainees. ITV's Diversity Development Fund is additional spend on top of ITV’s programme budget, and has to date supported a thriving pipeline of ideas and creatives over the past three years, developing over 30 projects, resulting in several commissions, and empowered upcoming writers and directors through initiatives like Fresh Cuts and Amplify: The Companies.
www.itv.com
The news comes as ITV today publishes a report on the inaugural Diversity Commissioning Spend (formerly Diversity Commissioning Fund), which in 2022 ringfenced £80 million over three years for diverse commissions, alongside an additional £500k Diversity Development Fund to develop ideas that could qualify for the fund.
The report reveals that the Diversity Commissioning Spend has driven success in commissioning from more diverse-led companies, reaching new audiences and championing on and off-screen talent. ITV’s Media and Entertainment team and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team are today pleased to confirm its return for 2025 - 2027. Known now as the Diversity Commissioning Spend, this £80 million investment is ringfenced money in ITV’s existing programme budget, driving racial and disability equity across the TV industry. Its data-driven approach means ITV has focused on addressing the areas of greatest underrepresentation – People of Colour (POC) and Deaf, Disabled or Neurodivergent (DDN) people.
It is once again available for qualifying companies who can demonstrate diverse ownership or leadership, or two of the remaining three criteria around either diverse creative leadership, diverse stories and portrayal on-screen, or diverse salary spend. Ideas should be pitched to ITV’s commissioning teams and must fit existing editorial briefs for specific departments, but in short ITV is looking for the very best popular, inclusive unmissably entertaining ideas, to bring in wide audiences to ITV1 and ITVX, with a particular focus on 25-54 year olds.
Alongside the Diversity Commissioning Spend, ITV is today announcing it will be doubling investment in the Diversity Development Fund to £1 million over 2025-27, and expanding how it can be used to include making sets more accessible and developing underrepresented trainees. ITV's Diversity Development Fund is additional spend on top of ITV’s programme budget, and has to date supported a thriving pipeline of ideas and creatives over the past three years, developing over 30 projects, resulting in several commissions, and empowered upcoming writers and directors through initiatives like Fresh Cuts and Amplify: The Companies.
www.itv.com
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