Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 February 2015.
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
Our inquiry
Background
Previous Charter Review
Preparation for the next Charter
2 A public BBC?
Beyond market failure
Quantifying public value
Training as a public purpose
Working with others
3 BBC's performance
Reach and audience appreciation
Provision of news and coverage of national events
The World Service
Cultural and economic contribution
Serving all audiences
Out of London strategy
Diversity on and off screen
Children's programming
Stewardship of the licence fee
Savings and efficiency
4 Scope and scale
A smaller BBC
Something for everyone
Enabling others
What next?
BBC One +1
Radio services
Patrolling the borders
Public value tests
5 "Compete or compare"
BBC Production
Window of Creative Competition
Publisher-broadcaster model
Open and fair competition
Loss of training ground?
Terms of trade
Provision of local news and online content
BBC Worldwide
BBC's technology development, standard setting and championing role
6 Funding
Licence fee
Decriminalisation
Alternative models for funding PSB
Finnish system
German system
Collection costs
Conditional access
Setting the level of PSB funding
Sharing the licence fee
7 Governance, regulation and accountability
Creation of the BBC Trust
A unitary BBC Board
Licence fee payers' interests: Public Service Broadcasting Commission
Regulation: Ofcom
Transparency in appointments
Chairman of the BBC
Composition of the PSBC
Ensuring value for money
Regulation of BBC content
S4C
8 Constitutional basis
Conclusions and recommendations
Annexes
Annex A: Comparison of the Trust, Burns and the Committee's proposed models for oversight of the BBC
Annex B: Terms of reference for the inquiry into the Future of the BBC
Annex C: Visit to the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark - comparative visit looking at public service broadcasting
Annex D: Online consultation: Students' views about the BBC and television
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
Published written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
