When Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner announced plans in 2015 to establish a new production company with its own studio space in Cardiff, everyone expected it to be a game-changer. Six years on, it is now reportedly being sold to Sony Pictures Television (SPT) in a deal thought to be worth close to £60m.

When the Bafta 2021 winners are picked from the unprecedentedly diverse array of nominees on Sunday night, we will get a glimpse of the impact that recent diversity efforts have started to make.

This media company blurs the lines of digital and traditional media. For what was a relatively small and unassuming company trying to make a name for itself as a news agency, Barcroft Studios has had staggering success across both digital and traditional media. Founded by Sam Barcroft in 2003, it’s now owned by Future plc, the media giant. This is a 21st century media company creating 21st century content.

Through her production company, Sister, Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, has funded the Ghetto Film School to encourage young people from diverse backgrounds to enter the film industry.

Over the past year, watching the news became a point of dread, while your newsfeed has filled with worrying statistics. Fortunately, there are many organisations that are one step ahead of the game when it comes to being a positive force for good.

Founded by Liv Little in 2015, gal-dem is devoted to telling the stories of women and non-binary people of colour. With its workforce of over 70 women and non-binary people of colour, gal-dem is confronting the current journalistic landscape of 94% white and 55% male.

GB News wants to take on the BBC and Sky News and is expected to be right-leaning, combatting perceived left-wing bias at the BBC. It aims to reach people who feel underserved and unheard by their media. So can four wealthy white male media veterans mix things up for the better?