CCPSB

To learn more about the back­ground to these issues, read the Dig­i­tal Britain report, which was pub­lished by the Depart­ment for Cul­ture, Media and Sport on 16th June 2009. The DCMS web­site also has links to all of the lat­est Dig­i­tal Britain news, includ­ing the names of the suc­cess­ful bid­ders for the regional IFNC pilots and infor­ma­tion on the Dig­i­tal Econ­omy Bill. . Fol­low­ing exten­sive amend­ments, includ­ing removal of the pro­vi­sion for providers of regional and local news, the Bill received Royal Assent on 8 April, 2010, becom­ing the Dig­i­tal Econ­omy Act.

To find out more about the poten­tial of indus­try levies and reg­u­la­tory assets for sus­tained fund­ing of pub­lic ser­vice broad­cast­ing, you may also like to see the Mind the Fund­ing Gap report (PDF file) from ippr.

CCPSB responded to the Depart­ment for Cul­ture, Media and Sport’s con­sul­ta­tion on sus­tain­able inde­pen­dent and impar­tial news; in the Nations, locally and in the regions on 18 Sep­tem­ber 2009. Feel free to down­load a copy of the con­sul­ta­tion response (PDF file, 111 kb).

CCPSB Leaflet 

Find out more about CCPSB’s aims and objec­tives from the CCPSB leaflet. Or, to order hard copies of the leaflet, please email psbcoalition@gmail.com.

CCPSB Press Statements

02.03.10: Only half-way to par­dise: will the BBC’s new plans still serve cit­i­zens? (word file, 117kb)

20.11.09: Dig­i­tal econ­omy short­com­ings threaten democ­racy and par­tic­i­pa­tion (word file, 121kb)

18.09.09: Lead­ing coali­tion says “top-slicing” will lead to a decline in high-quality pub­lic ser­vice con­tent (pdf file, 70.8kb).