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From YouTube Success to TV Deal
We love a good interweb success story, especially this one cuz it involves one of our favorite web series, VENUS VS MARS…a wonderful example of TV/interweb diversity:
by Stuart Dredge
There’s been a vigorous debate about the opportunities – or the lack of them – for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) producers, writers and actors on British [ED.NOTE: And US!] TV.
In 2014, actor and comedian Lenny Henry called for new legislation to reverse a trend that has seen the number of BAME people working in the British television industry fall by 30.9% between 2006 and 2012.
BAFTA TV Writing Awards Announced Last Night
The British Academy of Film & Television Arts announced a mess of winners of this year’s TV awards last night, and while TVWriter™ is happy for everyone – and impressed as hell by their skill too – the awards we care most about are these:
Television Craft | Writer – Comedy in 2015
Meryl Streep, NYWIFT Launch Program For Female Screenwriters Over 40
The only thing better than the news below would be that it wasn’t necessary. Thanks, Meryl!
by Ross A. Lincoln
The Writers Lab, a program targeting older female screenwriters, was announced at the Tribeca Film Festival today during a panel featuring Meryl Streep and the New York Women in Film & Television Tribeca. Streep, a NYWIFT Muse Award honoree, is helping finance the program with the organization in an effort to support and mentor female screenwriters over 40. Touted as the only program of its kind worldwide, the lab aims to counteract perceived gender and age bias affecting creative women in the film industry. Funding was provided in part thanks to a “sizable” contribution by Streep, who has a longstanding relationship with NYWIFT.
19th Annual Webby Award Nominees Announced
The following info is Need-to-Know. And, yeppers, if you’re serious about a career as a creative force in TV you need to know:
by Natalie Jarvey
Vice Media is the one to beat at the 19th annual Webby Awards.
The youth-oriented media company came out on top with 17 nominations when the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences revealed its nominees for the Internet culture award show on Tuesday morning. Other companies with strong showings include CollegeHumor with nine nominations, Funny or Die and HBO tied with eight nominations, The Guardian with seven nominations and Comedy Central and Mashable tied with six nominations.