The future of public service broadcasting

Culture, Media and Sport Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 27 Mar 2020 Closed: 18 Jun 2021 Parliament page
The inquiry will look at the future of public service broadcasting (PSB) within the wider media and digital ecology, including funding, content and regulation of PSBs and how this compares with alternative subscription, streaming services and Freeview services. In addition to the BBC, there are a number of other broadcasters … Read more
22 Recommendations
8 Conclusions
2 Reports
6 Oral sessions
3 Letters
6 Events
Activity timeline 12 events
3 Nov
2021
Report published
17 Jun
2021
Report published
25 Mar
2021
Report published
25 Mar
2021
Correspondence
15 Dec
2020
Oral evidence
17 Nov
2020
Oral evidence
17 Nov
2020
Correspondence
3 Nov
2020
Oral evidence
15 Sep
2020
Oral evidence
3 Sep
2020
Correspondence
14 Jul
2020
Oral evidence
16 Jun
2020
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 6 sessions
15 Dec 2020
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Dame Melanie Dawes · Ofcom Kevin Bakhurst · Ofcom Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
17 Nov 2020
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Dr Caitriona Noonan · Cardiff University Jacqueline Baker · B Inclusive Task Force John McVay OBE · Pact Professor Jeanette Steemers · King’s College London Professor Philip Schlesinger · Glasgow University
3 Nov 2020
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Chris Bird · Amazon Georgia Brown · Screen Sectors Skills Task Force Iain Bundred · BBC Richard Lewis · YouTube
15 Sep 2020
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Ali Law · Sky Anne Mensah · Netflix Benjamin King · Netflix Maria Kyriacou · ViacomCBS Mitchell Simmons · ViacomCBS Zai Bennett · Sky
14 Jul 2020
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Dame Carolyn McCall · ITV Magnus Brooke · ITV
16 Jun 2020
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Alex Mahon · Channel 4 Clare Sumner CBE · BBC James Purnell · BBC
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
17 Conclusion Accepted in Part
Sixth Report - The future of publi…
We do not believe that sharing top line viewer data about PSB-originated content with Ofcom...
We do not believe that sharing top line viewer data about PSB-originated content with Ofcom and the relevant the PSB would be commercially sensitive. Streaming services are an important ‘second window’ for PSB content but without viewer data, it is … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees there is a case for streaming services to share top-line viewing data with Ofcom to aid analysis of the PSB system and hopes this can be provided voluntarily. Other related issues are being considered in ongoing reviews or deemed matters for contractual negotiation.
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19 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Sixth Report - The future of publi…
We are concerned that the full potential of the Digital Markets Unit is not being...
We are concerned that the full potential of the Digital Markets Unit is not being realised under its current proposed remit. We recommend that the Government should broaden the Digital Markets Unit’s remit to consider whether the dominance of online … Read more
Government Response
The government states the newly launched Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will take a sector-neutral approach and has been asked to examine harms from market dominance, including relationships between platforms and content producers like news publishers, with consultation and legislation to follow.
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Government Response AI assessment · 30 of 22 classified
Accepted 3
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 4
Deferred 10
Not Addressed 3
Rejected 8
Total 22 recs + 8 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
25 Mar 2021 To committee Letter from the Chair to Tim Davie, Director-General, BBC, re licence fee evasion, 25 March 2021
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17 Nov 2020 To committee Letter from Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP, Secretary of State for DCMS, re BBC Licence Fee settlement, 10 November 2020
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3 Sep 2020 To committee Letter from Dame Carolyn McCall, Chief Executive, ITV, re oral evidence follow up, 23 July 2020
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