Broadcasting Subsector Series: A long overdue reset – a detailed look at why PSB obligations in the UK need to be rebalanced, how they are being reviewed, and the proposed shift to PSM
Ofcom’s recent consultation entitled Small Screen: Big Debate reached a stark conclusion: that in order to save public service broadcasting (PSB) “there is now an urgent need for a new framework to support an effective transition to public service media (PSM)”. This PSB to PSM transition is more than a rebrand and represents an attempt to redraw the lines of PSB in order to achieve its public policy aims in the age of streaming. In…