Committees

The future of public service broadcasting

Inquiry

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 across the UK with PSB responsibilities: ITV (Channel 3), Channel 4, Channel 5 operate nationally, and STV (Scotland), S4C (Wales) and UTV (Northern Ireland) operate in the devolved nations.

Read the key points in an interactive summary of our report.

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Past events

Tuesday 15 December 2020
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
The future of public service broadcasting - Oral evidence 15 December 2020
9:30am
  • Dame Melanie Dawes (Chief Executive at Ofcom)
  • Kevin Bakhurst (Executive Director of Broadcasting and Online Content at Ofcom)
10:30am
  • Rt Hon John Whittingdale OBE MP (Minister for Media and Data at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 17 November 2020
9:00am Private
9:30am Public
The future of public service broadcasting - Oral evidence 17 November 2020
9:30am
  • Dr Caitriona Noonan (Senior Lecturer, Media and Communication in the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University)
  • Professor Philip Schlesinger (Professor in Cultural Theory at Glasgow University)
  • Professor Jeanette Steemers (Professor of Culture, Media & Creative Industries at King’s College London)
10:15am
  • John McVay OBE (Chief Executive at Pact)
  • Jacqueline Baker (Co-founder at B Inclusive Task Force)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 3 November 2020
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
The future of public service broadcasting - Oral evidence 3 November 2020
10:00am
  • Georgia Brown (Director of European Originals at Amazon Studios)
  • Chris Bird (Head of Content Europe at Amazon Prime Video)
  • Iain Bundred (Head of Public Policy, UK & Ireland at YouTube)
  • Richard Lewis (Head of UK & Ireland Content Partnerships at YouTube)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 15 September 2020
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
The future of public service broadcasting - Oral evidence 15 September 2020
10:00am
  • Anne Mensah (Vice President of Original Series at Netflix)
  • Benjamin King (Director of Public Policy, UK and Ireland at Netflix)
  • Zai Bennett (Managing Director, Content at Sky)
  • Ali Law (Director of Policy, UK and Ireland at Sky)
  • Maria Kyriacou (President, Networks UK and Australia at ViacomCBS)
  • Mitchell Simmons (Vice President, Government Relations EMEA at ViacomCBS)
The Wilson Room, Portcullis House

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