CCPSB

 We are a broad mix of  civil soci­ety groups, char­i­ties, com­mu­nity groups, unions and arts organ­isa­tions who believe pub­lic ser­vice broad­cast­ing is a pub­lic good.

We believe it is vital to ensure the con­tin­ued pro­vi­sion of a range of UK-originated pro­gram­ming of high qual­ity, aimed at dif­fer­ent age groups, which reflects cul­tural diver­sity and Britain’s place in the wider world – but also reflects the UK’s rich cul­tural her­itage of lan­guage, lit­er­a­ture val­ues and environment.

We are con­cerned that plu­ral­ity in pub­lic ser­vice broad­cast­ing should be main­tained in the dig­i­tal age. How­ever, we do not believe that this can be achieved through “top-slic­ing” the BBC Licence Fee, or by allow­ing the pub­lic ser­vice con­tent pro­duced by broad­cast­ers such as Chan­nel 4 to decline any further.

British broad­cast­ing is a cul­tural as well as an eco­nomic asset to the UK, and we believe the gov­ern­ment must take deci­sive steps to ensure that we have a reg­u­la­tory envi­ron­ment that allows this sec­tor to pros­per at the local, regional, national and inter­na­tional lev­els. High qual­ity con­tent and pro­duc­tion should lie at the heart of any fur­ther broad­cast­ing strat­egy and leg­is­la­tion derived from Dig­i­tal Britain.

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