Call for Evidence
Children's tv and video content written evidence
Terms of reference
The Committee is inviting submissions in response to the following questions by 23.00 on Thursday 4 September.
Children’s TV and video content in the UK
1. Who is commissioning and making original, high-quality, TV and video content for children and young audiences in the UK?
a. How can they be best supported to make more?
2. How does the range of content and genres for children vary between that provided by public service media, subscription channels, and both short- and long-form video sharing platforms?
a. Which audiences, by age or other characteristic, are currently being underserved?
b. How can we increase the amount of news and factual programming made for children on TV and online?
Finding children’s TV and video content online
3. How can it be made easier to find original, high-quality, TV and video content for children online?
a. How can the attribution of public service children’s content on video sharing platforms be improved?
4. How effective are the tools available for parents to control what children are watching on public service media, subscription channels, and video sharing platforms?
Health and child development
5. What evidence is there that the TV and video content that children watch, and how they watch it, can contribute:
a. Positively to their health, learning and development?
b. Negatively to their health, learning and development?
Wider benefits of children’s TV
6. How does children’s TV made in the UK contribute to:
a. The UK’s culture and identity?
b. Our cultural and economic exports?