MEERA DEWAN - Public Service Broadcasting Trust Meera is director of South View Productions. She is the recipient of 16 film awards in international festivals and has been a Jury Member at leading international film festivals. http://www.psbt.org/directors/73
Ofcom PSB Review Blog A team in Ofcom is looking into the future of Public Service Broadcasting in the UK. We want to engage more people in this debate. Hence this blog. http://comment.ofcom.org.uk/
Extractions: By Rhona Parry Digital Britain interim report section 3 Posted at 11:15 AM Permalink Comments (0) By Steph Peat We published our final statement and recommend ations If you would like to hear what our chief executive Ed Richards had to say about our Today programme Digital Britain Let us know what you think. Posted at 04:59 PM Permalink Comments (0) By Rhona Parry And if you are in need of a quick reminder of why we are consulting, you might find a interesting. Posted at 11:15 AM Permalink Comments (2) By Steph Peat You can find the article here He stressed the urgency of the situation facing public service broadcasting while setting out the timetable for the Digital Britain Report. The steering group will produce an action plan in January 2009 and the report will be published in May or June. You can see details of who is on the Digital Britain Steering Group here Posted at 03:49 PM Permalink Comments (3) By Rhona Parry PSBReview@ofcom.org.uk
Supporting Public Service Broadcasting Acknowledgements 2 UNDP Bureau for Development Policy - Democratic Governance Group This document has been developed by Alexandra Wilde, a Research Associate at the UNDP Oslo http://www.undp.org/oslocentre/docs04/PublicServiceBroadcasting.pdf
Extractions: The 1st Media Dialogue between Asia-Pacific and European broadcasters was held at the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France from 11th September till 13th September 2006. More than 300 media professionals met and discussed a variety of issues relating to today’s ever changing media environment, including how to promote and respect cultural diversity; how to ensure editorial independence amidst this time of digital revolution and worldwide tension bought about by globalization; how independent Pubic Service Broadcasting can secure pluralism and freedom of expression; how to empower the citizens through community media and how to ensure journalists' safety in times of war as well as peace.
Extractions: Toby Mendel : Public Service Broadcasting. A comparative Legal Survey . - Kuala Lumpur : UNESCO, Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development, 2000. FRANCE Introduction In France, unlike in most jurisdictions, public service broadcasting is undertaken by a number of different public companies. These are established and regulated by the 1986 Law relating to freedom of communication . Laws governing broadcasting are subject to Article 11 of the Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1789 which guarantees freedom of dissemination of thought and opinion. The Conseil constitutionnel (Constitutional Court) has applied Article 11 to broadcasting regulation on a number of occasions, modifying or striking out inconsistent provisions There have been a number of important changes to broadcasting in France recently. Between 1945 and 1982 the State had a complete monopoly over the broadcasting sector . Until 1964 the government exercised direct control over broadcasting and it was only in 1982 that value of regulatory independence was formally and practically recognised with the establishment of an independent High Authority. Broadcast regulation became a bit of a political football as the Chirac government replaced the High Authority with another body in 1986, substantially amending its mandate, and the Rocard government in turn replaced this authority with the CSA in 1989. Both the 1986 and 1989 laws were challenged before the Constitutional Court, which recognised the constitutional principle of pluralism of sources of information and held that specific provisions of these laws needed to be assessed against this principle. In both cases, a number of changes to the laws were required
BBC - About The BBC - Our Future Information about the future of the BBC Our future. We actively contribute to discussions about our future, and the future of public service broadcasting, both with the http://www.bbc.co.uk/thefuture/
Extractions: @import '/aboutthebbc/style/all.css'; BBC.adverts.write("leaderboard",true); BBC.adverts.show("leaderboard"); British Broadcasting Corporation Home Accessibility links About the BBC About us Local Navigation We actively contribute to discussions about our future, and the future of public service broadcasting, both with the Government and with our licence fee payers. Here we publish our plans and strategies, and our responses to Government papers, relating to the future of the BBC and how we can help support and sustain other media in the UK. The BBC Trust also publishes research, reports, consulations and responses relating to the future of the BBC on its website. ^ Back to top Search term: bbc.co.uk navigation
Extractions: There are four television broadcasters providing five nationwide analogue terrestrial television channels in the UK - the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), the Independent Television (ITV), Channel 4 and Channel 5. BBC operates two TV channels, namely BBC 1 and BBC 2. On radio, BBC is the sole public operator. Among those broadcasters, only BBC is solely publicly funded by government allotment through revenue generated from the collection of license fee. The fee is a legally bounded charge, compulsory for all UK households with television sets. Channel 4 is another publicly owned PSB operator. Unlike the BBC, Channel 4 is sustained from advertising revenue, same as the two privately owned broadcasters, ITV and Channel 5. By 2012, television broadcasting service in Britain will go entirely digital. This will include PSBs. Digitalisation of television broadcast brings much benefit to audiences. Quality of visual and audio contents will be higher and ever more choices in channels can be selected on the terrestrial platform. However, digital broadcasting will pose a challenge for the future of public service broadcasting.
Public Service Broadcasting Trust A major campaign enabling 1625 year olds to fix things for the better. Site includes info, registration, filming resources and existing fixer films. http://www.itvfixers.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92
Committee On Review Of Public Service Broadcasting - Home The Committee on Review of Public Service Broadcasting submitted its Report to the Chief Executive on 28 March 2007. The Report is available online at the Commerce and Economic http://www.psb-review.org.hk/
Public Service Broadcasting A Best Practices Sourcebook; 2006 The concept of knowledge societies, which UNESCO is advocating, offers a holistic and comprehensive vision (cutting across all UNESCO's domains) with a clear developmentorie http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001415/141584e.pdf