Recommendation 6

The increased flexibility of the public service remit should be accompanied by a lower threshold for Ofcom to intervene if it considers that a Public Service Broadcaster is failing to meet its remit. The current bar of “serious” is too high. Enabling Ofcom to step in earlier would protect the regime and increase public confidence that the flexibility of the new remit will not be accompanied by a decline in standards. We recommend that the Bill should lower the threshold at which Ofcom can intervene to protect the public service broadcast regime, enabling it to step in before concerns about whether a Public Service Broadcaster is meeting its remit have already become serious. (Paragraph 34) Listed Events