Public Service Broadcasting

1) This report is suggesting that people are viewing media through more devices than just a traditional television. This report is instigating the idea that people nowadays are too busy to sit at home and watch TV on their television sets and instead access this content via the internet through their devices, examples being, tablets, phones, computers and laptops.

2)Main differences include The amount of time the specified age group is watching TV for; on a TV set, and that the younger generations will, more often than not, watch TV programmes on demand, on their internet-enabled devices.

3) This report suggests that the viewers of the public service broadcasters are indeed satisfied and that this rate of satisfaction is in fact on the up and up. As a result, this will mean that the public service broadcasters will reel in more viewers which is good for them as more of these people would need to pay for a TV license, which generates more revenue for the broadcaster.

4)Public Service Broadcasters have spent £2.6 billion on original content from the UK in 2016.

Goldsmiths Report

1)The report states that consumer behavior has changed very quickly over the past 20 years.

2)Their content should be ensured "prominence" on other platforms, e.g. on-demand smart TVs etc.
Retransmission fees should be paid by pay-TV platforms to the public service television.
Ofcom should supplement its occasional reviews of public service broadcasting with a regular qualitative audit of public service content in order to ensure that audiences are being served with high-quality and diverse programming. Ofcom should continue to monitor the independent production sector and take action, where necessary, if consolidation continues to increase and if the diversity of supply is affected.

3)Its model is a threat to public service broadcasting. It also states that the license fee may be under threat as new technology allows people to get around it. The BBC’s independence has
also been compromised by the insecurity of its establishment by a royal charter and the process behind the appointments to its governing body.

4)The report suggests that the BBC is funded through a household fee which is added to Council Tax, or even fundi g thorough taxation.

5)This report claims that Channel 4 support the independent sector of television and aims their diverse content at their diverse audiences. The report also says that Channel 4 has not been supporting the older children in terms of programme airing, also, Channel 4 has been threatened with privatization

6)Channel 4 shouldn't be privatized and the government needs to clarify where they want to take Channel 4 in the future. Also, the report says that they should divert their content towards arts and drama once again, doing this may help appeal to the audience they have lost touch with, older kids and young adults.

7)This report states that on-demand services have gained the characteristics of public service broadcasters and are able to appear outside of the public service system.

1)I think the BBC should retain its position as to provider of content in the UK due to the fact that it has become synonymous with our culture and viewing experience to a point that the content they air has become incredibly unique, so much so that it simply cannot be replicated on another TV station.

2)I believe that there is a place for the BBC in today's society as they provide quality context for people to watch, for a cheaper price than other stations as some people grew up watching the likes of BBC 1 and CBBC TV stations under the rule of the BBC.

3)I think that the BBC should be funded through taxations as it makes it less avoidable and if you are avoiding it, it is considered a crime as it is tax evasion.