CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Summary
Introduction
Chapter 1: The British film industry
The history of the British film industry
Early history
First Government support
The challenge of American film exports
Figure 1: Number of ature films produced
in the UK, 1912-2008
The 1930s: boom and bust
World War II and the post-war boom
The American threat and further Government
intervention
American money returns
US withdrawal in the 1970s and 1980s
The 1990s: Return of Government support
Figure 2: UK cinema admissions and number
of screens, 1945-2008
The last ten years
The current state of the British film industry
Production
Inward investment
Figure 3: Real film production expenditure
in the UK, 1992-2008
Figure 4: Inward investment in UK film production
and the average annual dollar/pound exchange rate, 1992-2008
British film studios
Production companies
Post-production
Distribution
Exhibition
The economic contribution of the film industry
Exports
Employment
Size of companies
Conclusions
Chapter 2: A better future for British films
Financing film production
Film financing models
Government support for the film industry
Film tax relief
The videogames industry
Other issues in film financing
Is there support for a film levy?
Role of UK Film Council and the British Film
Institute (BFI)
Proposed merger between UK Film Council/British
Film Institute
UK Film Council funding priorities
Investment in film by the BBC and Channel
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Distribution
Exhibition
Audiovisual piracy
Camcording
Illegal file sharing
Chapter 3: British television
A brief history of British television
Television's early days
The BBC/ITV duopoly and the rise of television
Channel 4 and the beginnings of cable and
satellite
The 1990s—a radical shift
The 2000s—an era of competition, proliferation
and new technology
The importance of the television industry
Regulations governing UK content on television
Quotas and the Communications Act 2003
Table 1: Original production quotas and performance
by public service channel 2008
UK content
Cable and satellite channels' contribution
to UK content
The pressures on Public Service Broadcasters
Figure 5: Total TV industry revenue by source
Consequences
Children's programmes
Regional news
Documentaries and drama
The independent sector's contribution to
UK content
The BBC and the independents
Conclusions
Chapter 4: Promoting British television
The future of BBC Worldwide
Tax credit for television content
Regional news
Proceeds of the sale of spectrum
Use of the BBC licence e
Quotas for UK content
Regulation of EU content
Potential for funding by es
Independent Production Companies and UK content—Terms
of Trade
'Project Kangaroo' and its implications
Chapter 5: Skills and training
Post-production
Animation
Multimedia
Apprenticeships and internships
The BBC
Funding of Skillset
Reductions in television industry financial
contributions to Skillset
Reductions in the UK Film Council's financial
contributions to Skillset
The current regulatory framework for training
in the television industry
Chapter 6: Summary of Recommendations
Appendix 1: Select Committee on Communications
Appendix 2: List of Witnesses
Appendix 3: Call for Evidence
Appendix 4: Committee Visit to Pinewood Studios,
6 May 2009
Appendix 5: Committee Visit to Leavesden
Studios, 16 July 2009
Appendix 6: Committee Visit to Berlin, 2
November 2009
Appendix 7: Six decades of British Television
highlights
Oral and Written Evidence - HL 37-II
18 March 2009
25 March 2009
1 April 2009
22 April 2009
29 April 2009
13 May 2009
20 May 2009
3 June 2009
10 June 2009
17 June 2009
24 June 2009
1 July 2009
8 July 2009
15 July 2009
14 October 2009
21 October 2009
28 October 2009
4 November 2009
11 November 2009
Written Evidence
Note:
The Report of the Committee is published in Volume
I (HL Paper 37-I)
The Evidence of the Committee is published in Volume
II (HL Paper 37-II).
References in the text of the report are as follows:
(Q) refers to a question in oral evidence
(p) refers to a ge of written evidence
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