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The last bastion netflix1/12/2023 ![]() The attributed revenue shows this as the fastest growing sector of the television and AV market, with returns of £0.6bn in 2013 and £1.7bn in 2016 a growth rate of over 40% pa. Nonetheless, it compares the competitive relevance of audio video (AV) online distribution with broadcasting. Ofcom’s mandate to regulate broadcasting was extended earlier this year to the BBC, but its writ does not run to internet content. The CMR draws no attention to this, but shows that Ofcom’s regulatory responsibility for broadcast impartiality is fast becoming out of date with the rapid expansion of online TV mainly sourced from the US and unregulated within the UK. Non-broadcast radio and television services delivered online have no such obligation. “To ensure that news, in whatever form, is reported with due accuracy and presented with due impartiality”. In the UK, the impartiality of broadcast news is set out in the Communications Act of 2003. It is time to shout about this from the rooftops.Īnalysis of Ofcom’s Communications Market Report (CMR) for 2017 brings home just how close we may be to the cliff edge of unregulated radio and television news as an influence on British society as we have come to know it. ![]() ![]() Ofcom is the regulator for broadcasting standards, but the content of online radio and television is beyond its scope. It is about the current broadcast landscape and the non-regulation of internet content and reflects Hugh’s viewpoint. ![]() This post is by committee member Hugh Sheppard. ![]()
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