U.K. PSB Bosses Give Their Verdict on Future of the Industry
variety.comK.J. Yossman The heads of Britain’s four main public service broadcasters gave their verdicts on the current industry climate and the future of PSBs at the Deloitte and Enders Media and Telecoms conference in London on Thursday afternoon.
The BBC’s director general Tim Davie, ITV CEO Carolyn McCall, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon and Maria Kyriacou, Paramount Global’s president of international broadcast and studios (which oversees Channel 5), spoke on a variety of topics including the Media Bill, digital supremacy and even slug sex.
Read on for some more highlights from the panel: Tim Davie, BBC “I think we now have cast iron evidence that, far from simply managing decline in the digital age, this is a time when PSB is not only needed more than ever, but, with the right support, can and should thrive.” “We face a global crisis on our watch… Which in turn is an opportunity for the UK and PSBs.
Depressingly, only 20% of people globally now live in what are considered to be truly free countries – down by half in the last decade.
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