Public service broadcasting

1) How does the report suggest that TV viewing is changing?
The report suggests that the number of TV viewing number has decreased.
2) What differences are highlighted between younger and older viewers?
The difference between the younger and the older generation is that the younger generation watch tv for a longer time than the older generation.3) Does the report suggest audiences are satisfied with public service broadcasting TV channels?
The report suggest that many of the younger generation do not watch a lot of public service broadcasting but the older generation that watch it mostly have a mixed opinion.4) Public service broadcasting channels are a major aspect of the UK cultural industries. How much money did PSB channels spend on UK-originated content in 2016? 
PSB channels spent £2.6 billion on UK originated content in 2016.
1) What does the report state has changed in the UK television market in the last 20 years?
The report states that the PSB channel has been decreased in the last 20 years.

3) What does the report say about the BBC?
That the government should replace the license fee that goes to BBC should be 'replaced with a more progressive funding mechanism'.
4) According to the report, how should the BBC be funded in future?
They should be funded by ' a supplement to Council Tax or funding via general taxation with appropriate parliamentary safeguards'.
5) What does the report say about Channel 4?
They occupy a 'critical place in the public service ecology'. They have been threatened by privatisation, in a whole or in part, a proposal that would threaten its public service remit'.
6) How should Channel 4 operate in future?
'Channel 4 should not be privatised'.




Final questions - your opinion on public service broadcasting

1) Should the BBC retain its position as the UK’s public service broadcaster?
I think that BBC should not retain its position as the UK's public service broadcaster.
2) Is there a role for the BBC in the 21st century digital world?
BBc should not be a public service broadcaster evacuee now in this digital age. As there are many other ways this new generation can 'educate, entertain and inform' themselves.
3) Should the BBC funding model (license fee) change? How?

The BBC funding model should change because in this new generation they do not watch much TV so they are more likely not going to purchase tv as they can just get an iPad or a computer and watch something on that if they want to.