A read out from Creative PEC Bernard Hay and Emily Hopkins On Wednesday 11th June the UK Government published its Spending Review, which outlines UK Government departmental budgets for day-to-day… Read More »What does the 2025 Spending Review mean for the creative industries?
Creative PEC’s Response Executive Summary In this submission, the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC) addresses several of the questions posed by the Culture, Media and Sport (CMS)… Read More »Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s British Film and High-End Television Inquiry
A fundamental remit of the BBC, and other public service broadcasters (PSBs) like ITV and Channel 4, is to provide a high quality public service, that informs, educates and entertains… Read More »Speaking with One Voice
In March the government published the first draft of its long-awaited Media Bill. The Bill proposes wide-ranging reforms to the Communications Act 2003, which has stood for 20 years as the… Read More »The Media Bill and the future of Public Service Broadcasting policy
The UK television production sector is one of Britain’s leading creative export sectors. This briefing by Gillian Doyle discusses how ownership structures of TV production companies has a major impact… Read More »Television production, international trade and pressures to consolidate
Michelle Donelan, the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, has formally announced that the government has cancelled its plans to privatise Channel 4 Corporation. In a significant reversal… Read More »Re-imagining Channel 4’s Future
This submission of written evidence was prepared in response to the ‘Consultation on a change of ownership of Channel 4 Television Corporation,’ Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (14… Read More »PEC Submission to the DCMS consultation on ‘A change of ownership of Channel 4 Television Corporation’
On April 28th, ‘The Government’s Vision for the Broadcasting Sector’ (CP 671) was published. The White Paper comes in the wake of consultations and inquiries that focused on the Future of… Read More »Channel 4: Streaming on the world stage? Competing in the Changing Media Landscape
Last week the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) released its long-awaited White Paper on the future of UK broadcasting policy. Proposing major reforms and legislative changes to the… Read More »Envisioning Broadcasting Anew: the future of UK broadcasting policy
On April 4th the government confirmed its plans to privatise Channel 4, the UK’s publicly owned not-for-profit public service broadcaster (PSB). Announcing the decision via Twitter, the Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries said selling… Read More »Privatising Channel 4: The evidence behind the debate
This submission is co-authored by Dr Tom Chivers and Professor Stuart Allan on behalf of the ‘Arts, Culture and Public Service Broadcasting’ workstrand at Cardiff University, as part of the… Read More »PEC’s Submission to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee inquiry into the future of Channel 4
A vital contribution to the debate about the future of UK broadcasting 13th January 2022 – New research published today makes a timely and vital contribution to the debate about the… Read More »Press release: A new study asks ‘What is the Public Value of Public Service Broadcasting?’
This question has long been a subject of lively debate, bringing together the competing priorities of policymakers, stakeholders and members of the public. Recent changes in media technologies, audience habits… Read More »What is the public value of public service broadcasting?
Looking back at the rise of streaming Over the past decade, digital technologies have brought huge changes in how we consume culture, from being able to re-watch our favourite films… Read More »Streaming culture
Coinciding with the publication of the House of Lords’ report Public Service Broadcasting: as Vital as Ever, our researchers from Cardiff University offered an overview of the main findings and recommendations… Read More »The challenge of engaging young audiences
As we learn from the recent Ofcom and House of Lords Committee on Communications and Digital about the challenges that digital media giants present to public service broadcasting, Professor Leighton Andrews explores the threats that Facebook’s… Read More »Facebook’s advertising model threatens democratic values but regulators do have options to intervene
The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee has published its report ‘Public Service Broadcasting: as Vital as Ever’, offering strong support for the continued provision of Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) in the… Read More »House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee recommend greater safeguards for public service broadcasting
Defining culture, defining value Arts and cultural institutions must strive to be nimble in a fast-changing funding environment characterised by declining public spending commitments. One of the most difficult challenges is… Read More »The value of arts and culture
A new AHRC-funded Research Network, InnoPSM, at the University of Westminster brings together European practitioners, policymakers and scholars to innovate for better organisational and public policies for PSM. InnoPSM will connect… Read More »How do we safeguard public service media? Collaboration may be the answer
The number of journalists killed worldwide in retaliation for their news reporting nearly doubled in 2018 compared to the previous year, and yet independent journalism has never been more necessary… Read More »Why public media matters
In our area of work, my fellow researchers and I are exploring a set of research questions inspired by our ongoing assessment of the pressing issues for sustainable value creation… Read More »The public values of public service broadcasting