Recommendation 14

It is hard to quantify the full impact of the removal of Channel 4’s publisher- broadcaster model in the absence of an impact assessment, but the removal is a fundamental change to its status. Allowing Channel 4 to produce and monetise its own content will help diversify its revenue streams but could have significant implications for the independent production sector and the wider production ecology outside of the South East. We recommend that, on introduction of the Bill, the Government should publish a policy statement setting out its intended monitoring and mitigations for any harm to the wider production sector from the changes to Channel 4’s model.