Ofcom review of Public Service Broadcasting

Ofcom completed its first review of public service broadcasting (PSB) in February 2005. It showed that, despite continued public support for the current level of PSB, the existing terrestrial analogue model of commercially-funded PSB will not survive the transition to digital and may erode rapidly prior to 2012.
As part of its response, Ofcom suggested there could be a new Public Service Publisher (PSP), a commissioner of new media content focussed on meeting public purposes. It would use new distribution platforms such as broadband, mobile and digital broadcasting to deliver distinctive, high quality, UK-originated public service content. The PSP would be a networked, participative new media organisation in contrast to the traditional broadcasting focus of the existing PSB model.
During the summer of 2006, Ofcom commissioned a PSP Creative Forum to determine what kind of content the PSP might generate and what its public service values should be. A discussion document published today further develops Ofcom’s initial views on the PSP alongside the work of the Forum and invites responses to these views.
News Release: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2007/01/nr_20070124a
Discussion Document: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/pspnewapproach/