Ofcom has published its annual report on the BBC, assessing the corporation’s performance in meeting the needs of viewers and listeners during the period April 2024 to March 2025. The report also includes the findings of Ofcom’s second ‘Periodic Review’ of the BBC. Drawing on extensive audience research, industry data and stakeholder information, the report […]
MOAs announced in its review of Public Service Media, Ofcom is seeking views on areas where broadcast regulation might be reformed or streamlined to support growth and innovation across the sector. The majority of the existing broadcasting legislative and regulatory framework was designed for a world of linear, scheduled programming. While the media regulator is […]
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee of the UK House of Commons has welcomed Ofcom’s report on future of public service media. Chair of the CMS Committee, Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, said: “Ofcom’s report today is a welcome recognition that if we wish to protect our public service broadcasters, then we cannot stand still. The […]
Urgent steps must be taken to ensure that public service media content is easy to find and discover on third-party platforms, under new recommendations from broadcast regulator Ofcom to secure the system’s survival. Public service media (PSM) has a long and proud tradition in the UK. It delivers duly impartial and trusted news and original […]
Responding to Ofcom’s review of Public Service Media, Sarah Rose, President of UK commercial PSB Channel 5, said: “We are pleased that Ofcom’s review highlighted the challenges producing specialist Children’s content and called for commercially viable funding models among its recommendations. Channel 5’s Milkshake! continues to navigate those challenges to remain the only public service […]
Antonio Arcidiacono, Director of Technology & Innovation at the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has suggested that broadcasters use both broadcast and online technologies in a sustainable and smart way to ensure that Public Service Media (PSM) organisations keep control over future distribution in their own hands. Writing in the EBU’s tech-i magazine, Arcidiacono says that […]
Sir Peter Bazalgette, the former chairman of UK commercial public service broadcaster ITV, has suggested that the UK public service broadcasting system is “undoubtedly facing an existential threat”. Bazalgette, who recently stood down as chairman of ITV after six years in the role, was delivering a speech discussing the future of Public Service Broadcasting – […]
UK broadcast watchdog Ofcom is commencing a review of its regulation of the BBC. As the mid-point of the current BBC Charter period is neared, Ofcom is required to produce a ‘Periodic Review’ of the BBC. This will form the basis of its advice to government for its own mid-term Charter review. In doing so, […]
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom is recommending a radical overhaul of laws to ensure that public service media survives and thrives in the digital age. Its recommendations to Government mark the conclusion of Small Screen: Big Debate – an in-depth review on the future of public service media (PSM). The report calls for the renewal of […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has unveiled what it describes as a “pioneering” online initiative that will enable public service media to transcend language barriers and offer their audiences trusted news content produced by counterparts from across Europe. This multilingual content will provide a pan-European perspective on issues of key interest to national audiences such […]