About the scholarships

The foundation provides  a one year program of education and development designed to fast-track their understanding of the global television content business.

This includes subscriptions to a number of trade publications and organisations and all-access passes to the world’s leading content industry events.

Applications can come from individuals, or a sponsor and should demonstrate why each young executive would most benefit from a scholarship.

We aim to reward the most creative applicants and support those who best demonstrate a passion and flare to make a difference in the business. Our aim is to offer support to the next generation of rising stars and get their feedback about how the business might develop, in return.

The successful applicants will be able to demonstrate:

A genuine passion for the content business.
A desire to innovate and entertain.
The ability to set an example and inspire others.
A hunger to learn and grow.
The desire to make a difference.


The scholarship includes the following from David Lyle Foundation Partners:


Broadcast provides the following to each scholarship winner:
An annual subscription to the weekly Broadcast magazine and Broadcastnow.co.uk and premium data service The Commissioner Index, which provides database information on more than 400 commissioners in the UK and US and nearly 15,000 programmes.
Broadcast will also provide a one-hour session with a key member of its team to help with any questions each scholarship winner may have.




C21Media provides the following to each scholarship winner:
An annual subscription to C21Media.net (£700) and the premium Schedule Watch (£999) strand, which delivers information about the world’s broadcast schedules and programming strategies. C21 also offers a ticket to Content London (£1100), the world’s leading drama conference and development marketplace. It also includes VIP membership of ClubC21, the late-night networking club which runs at the Cannes Beach during Mip and Mipcom, plus a ticket to The International Format Awards dinner at MipFormats and Rose d’Or Awards in December. C21 will also provide a one hour session with a key member of its team to help with any questions each scholarship winner may have.

Edinburgh TV Festival provides the following to each scholarship winner:
A complimentary three-day pass to attend The Edinburgh TV Festival brought to you by Screen Scotland. The UK’s foremost television event, bringing together leading industry figures and a broad, diverse range of delegates to celebrate creative success and debate the issues facing the television industry.

Recent speakers have included Lolly Adefope, Dolly Alderton, Jesse Armstrong, Rose Ayling-Ellis, Billy Connolly, Steve Coogan, Brian Cox, Judi Dench, Tan France, Mo Gilligan, London Hughes, Jameela Jamil, Emily Maitlis, Rose Matafeo, Lin Manuel Miranda, David Olusoga, Meera Syal, Jack Thorne, Greta Thunberg, Sally Wainwright, Claudia Winkleman and Ben Winston. The Festival’s flagship keynote speech, The James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture, was, in 2023, delivered by Louis Theroux.

This support is courtesy of our new charity, the TV Foundation, which partners with key industry initiatives on representation. Our key area of activity is our talent schemes, Ones to Watch and The Network, which have so far supported more than 4000 individuals. For more info see: https://www.thetvfestival.com/talent-schemes/.

 


FRAPA provides the following to each scholarship winner:
1. Year Free Membership in FRAPA, with complete access to all its services, information and reports.
2. Year of mentorship from an internationally recognized FRAPA board member. This mentorship will enable the scholarship winner exclusive access to personal question-and-answer sessions, advice and introductions to other industry leaders throughout the calendar year and at various international gatherings.
3. Six (6) free complete format registrations with the exclusive FRAPA Format Registration Service (FRS)
4. Global introduction at the next FRAPA MINI SUMMIT, complete with the opportunity to present a full pitch to the gathered industry leaders
5. Profile in the FRAPA Quarterly Newsletter, plus exposure throughout all of our upcoming social media platforms.

 

 

 

 

 

2 x full registrations to NATPE Budapest 2025 
NATPE Budapest is Central and Eastern Europe’s most established and trusted content marketplace.
2 x full registrations to NATPE Global 2025
NATPE Global is North America’s one-stop content marketplace, bringing together buyers across global streamers, device manufacturers, FAST Channels, MVPDs, linear and broadcast networks and sellers from the major U.S. studios, super-indie, boutique and independent distributors and producers.



PACT provides the following to each scholarship winner:
Access to all Pact member only events which include legal, copyright, international and domestic market briefings etc . We will need to verify them on our system so they will receive the invites. These are exclusive events and are often hosted by leading UK and international TV executives and attended by leading UK independent producers so great networking opportunity as well.


 

 

2 X full registrations to Realscreen Summit 2025
The Realscreen Summit is the pre-eminent global conference and marketplace for the business of non-fiction and unscripted screen content


Reed Midem provides the following to each scholarship winner:
A full pass for MIPTV, the international market for content development and distribution and for MIPCOM, the world’s entertainment content market. These two-world class events take place in Cannes, one in April, the other, in October. Each registration comes with an access to the biggest online database of entertainment professionals.



TBI provides the following to each scholarship winner:
• One annual subscription to print issues of TBI Magazine
• One ticket to TBI’s Content Innovation Awards at MIPCOM and/or one ticket to Digital TV Europe’s VideoTech Innovation Awards in London
• One full day at TBI offices with one-to-one sessions with the editorial team
• One-page column in an issue of TBI