Creative Diversity Network (CDN) has announced 30th September as the ‘go live date’ for the new iteration of its Diamond workforce monitoring platform, which is used across the UK television industry to measure representation on and off screen.
The new version of Diamond has been developed in partnership with the UK’s main broadcasters (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Paramount, Sky, UKTV, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Lumo TV) following extensive consultation with a wide range of stakeholders across the UK television sector including freelance cast and crew, production companies, post-production companies, Pact and other industry bodies.
Diamond will now offer extensive improvements for cast and crew inputting their diversity data, for production companies and for broadcasters, as well as offering enhanced data collection abilities, which will provide an even more comprehensive view of representation in UK television.
Reporting using data gathered under the new system will start in 2027/8. Until then, CDN will continue to report on data gathered under the existing Diamond data system, with this year’s annual Diamond report being published on 27th July. CDN will also be publishing deep dives into data covering socio-economic status and religion and belief for the first time, later this year.
Miranda Wayland, CEO, CDN said: “Following extensive – and ongoing – consultations with broadcasters, industry bodies and cast and crew, we are pleased to be announcing a 30 September ‘go live date’ for our enhanced Diamond platform. Diamond provides us with the credible data and a clearer picture to deliver a fairer Industry. These new enhancements will mark a step change in how we understand representation at every level and across more of the UK television sector than ever before, helping ensure that creative talent from the widest range of backgrounds can enter, progress and thrive.”
Diamond is being delivered by The Everyone Project, whose software as a service tool provides similar services with screen industry partners in Australia, Germany, and New Zealand. The Everyone Project uses best in class design and technology, including differential privacy, to provide users with an experience that is both quick and easy, and comprehensive, safe and respectful.
Pippa Considine
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