In this submission, we argue that the Government's proposal to privatise Channel 4 poses a significant risk to the channel's commitment international content that is delivered through a range of genres including news and current affairs.
In this submission, we oppose the Government's proposal to privatise Channel 4 as we believe that this change of ownership will threaten the channel's historic commitment to international content, delivered through Channel 4 News, Unreported World and a range of other programmes.
In this submission, we argue that the Government's proposal to privatise Channel 4 poses a significant risk to the channel's commitment international content that is delivered through a range of genres including news and current affairs.
In this submission, we oppose the Government's proposal to privatise Channel 4 as we believe that this change of ownership will threaten the channel's historic commitment to international content, delivered through Channel 4 News, Unreported World and a range of other programmes.
In this submission, we broadly welcomes the BBC's proposals to bring back BBC3 as a TV channel. However, we are disappointed that there is no mention in the current proposals of the important role that international current affairs plays in the channel’s output.
We consider that the public service broadcasters (PSBs) play an important role in engaging a range of audiences with international content. They have the unique ability to reach mainstream audiences and are a key source of information for all audiences about global events.
In this submission we give our support to the continuation of a free television licence for people aged over 75, but we argue that the government should be responsible for financing the licence fee exemption, not the BBC.
IBT’s primary concern is that audiences should continue to have access to high quality public service broadcast content which engages them with and informs them about the wider world. IBT supports Parliament’s original intention to provide prominence for high quality public service content in return for responsibilities placed on the Public Service Broadcasters to provide…