Select Committee on Communications and Digital
Public service broadcasting: as vital as ever
1st Report of Session 2019 - published 5 November 2019 - HL Paper 16
Contents
Figure 1: Viewing habits of all users aged over 16
Figure 2: Viewing habits of 16–34 year-olds
Box 1: Public service broadcasters
Chapter 2: Public service broadcasting
Box 2: PSB purposes and characteristics
Figure 5: Minutes per day spent watching BBC channels
Black, Asian and minority ethnic viewers
Commissioning and the creative process
Box 3: Growth of the production sector
Figure 6: Total spending per year of production (£ million)
Figure 7: Total hours of HETV production per year
Affordability of high-end drama
Figure 9: Spending on original content by public service broadcasters
Table 2: Quotas for regions and nations programmes on PSBs
Chapter 4: Towards a new PSB compact
The financial sustainability of PSBs
High in fat, salt and sugar advertising
Digital terrestrial television
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Appendix 4: Meeting with school group
Evidence is published online at https://www.parliament.uk/public-service-broadcasting-and-vod and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives (020 7219 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.