CCPSB

The coali­tion – made up of a broad mix of civil soci­ety groups, char­i­ties, com­mu­nity groups, unions and arts organ­i­sa­tions — believes that pub­lic ser­vice broad­cast­ing is a pub­lic good, and that plu­ral­ity in pub­lic ser­vice broad­cast­ing must be main­tained in the dig­i­tal age.

Not-for-profit 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.

A “plural” pub­lic ser­vice broad­cast­ing sec­tor is one that includes a plu­ral­ity of insti­tu­tions pro­vid­ing pub­lic ser­vice con­tent, a plu­ral­ity of fund­ing sources for pub­lic ser­vice broad­cast­ing and a diver­sity of pro­grammes and con­tent at the regional, local, national and inter­na­tional levels.

Pub­lic ser­vice broad­cast­ing in the dig­i­tal age will also involve many “non-linear” pro­grammes such as online or on-demand con­tent, and it is vital that pub­lic sec­tor broad­cast­ers are able to com­mu­ni­cate on new platforms.

Our coali­tion was largely formed in response to the Government’s Dig­i­tal Britain report. More infor­ma­tion is avail­able in our launch state­ment, which you can down­load as a PDF file, or con­tact us to become a sig­na­tory.

We are very grate­ful to the Joseph Rown­tree Reform Trust for sup­port­ing the first phase of our cam­paign work.