Manori Ravindran International EditorTectonic changes are on the horizon for Britain’s broadcasters.Boris Johnson’s government on Thursday will lay out plans to update decades-old regulations and allow broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 to “compete fairly” with their competitors (namely the likes of Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video) and support the local production sector.
The changes will be set out in a “Broadcasting White Paper,” for which a preview was shared with media on Wednesday evening, local time.“U.K.
public service broadcasters will no longer be subject to a complicated set of ‘purposes’ and ‘objectives’ from laws made in 2003,” reads a statement from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. “Their remit will be overhauled and simplified, with a new definition of what it means to be a PSB [public-service broadcaster] and a focus on creating distinctive shows which reflect British culture, support domestic film and TV production, and provide impartial and accurate news.” A number of significant changes stand to overhaul the landscape for U.K.
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