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Sixth Report - The future of public service broadcasting
Culture, Media and Sport Committee
HC 156
Published 25 March 2021
Government response
First Special Report - The future of public service broadcasting: Government Response to Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2019–21 · published 17 Jun 2021
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Accepted in Part
Para 88
We do not believe that sharing top line viewer data about PSB-originated content with Ofcom...
Conclusion
We do not believe that sharing top line viewer data about PSB-originated content with Ofcom and the relevant the PSB would be commercially sensitive. Streaming services are an important ‘second window’ for PSB content but without viewer data, it is …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees there is a case for streaming services to share top-line viewing data with Ofcom to aid analysis of the PSB system and hopes this can be provided voluntarily. Other related issues are being considered in ongoing reviews or deemed matters for contractual negotiation.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Recommendation
Accepted in Part
Para 95
We are concerned that the full potential of the Digital Markets Unit is not being...
Recommendation
We are concerned that the full potential of the Digital Markets Unit is not being realised under its current proposed remit. We recommend that the Government should broaden the Digital Markets Unit’s remit to consider whether the dominance of online …
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Government Response Summary
The government states the newly launched Digital Markets Unit (DMU) will take a sector-neutral approach and has been asked to examine harms from market dominance, including relationships between platforms and content producers like news publishers, with consultation and legislation to follow.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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