In the news this week, C4 CEO Alex Mahon is to step down in summer, CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus has urged the government to safeguard human creators in the AI age and avoid weakening creators’ rights, and ITV to be honoured with the Bafta television special award for influencing policy with Mr Bates vs the Post Office.
Read about it in this week’s Digest.
News
• Channel 4 has announced that Alex Mahon is to step down as CEO and will leave the business in summer this year. (Televisual)
• CISAC President Björn Ulvaeus has concluded two days of meetings in the UK, urging the government to safeguard human creators in the AI age and avoid weakening creators’ rights. (CISAC)
• A new report commissioned by ScreenSkills and 4Skills, and conducted by Ampere Analysis, has provided a detailed look at the British Screen Industries off-screen workforce. The report further highlights the desperate need for intervention to avoid a skills exodus from the sector. Read the full report on ScreenSkills’s website. (ScreenSkills)
• ITV is to be honoured with the Bafta television special award for influencing policy and helping fast-track justice for victims with Mr Bates vs the Post Office. (Guardian)
• The Creative Diversity Network has partnered with Disability Arts Online to create a trio of video guides designed to help increase opportunities for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people in TV. (Broadcast)
Opinion
• Chris Curtis on Alex Mahon’s C4 tenure and what comes next? (Broadcast)
Awards
• Bafta announced the winners the 2025 TV Craft Awards this week. Congratulations to Directors UK members Andy Devonshire, Charlie Hamilton James, Janet Fraser Crook, and Jennifer Perrott for their wins on the night. See the full list of winners here. (Bafta)
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