What is Public Service Broadcasting? By one definition it is “all the programmes that we think should be on TV but no-one actually wants to watch”! That generally covers productions that are expensive but have a public value: children's programmes, news and current affairs, education and factual programmes (including religion) that are supposed to be good for us. We all agree that our cultural life would be poorer if none of these programmes appeared on TV. But who should pay for them and – given that they are usually audience-killers not audience-builders - which broadcasters should be required to host them in their schedules?
Under the existing system of PSB there are four terrestrial channels with a PSB remit. These are the BBC, ITV, C4 and Five. All of them are spending less and less on PSB as time goes on.
1. Review the slideshow on the 'History of the BBC' as already stated below.
2. Consider the future of PSB in the UK by looking at the shake up as suggested by Ofcom in the link in the post below.
3. Write notes on the handout I gave you on "Public Service Broadcasting and the Future of the BBC" by David McQueen.
In the mean time also look at these two videos by David Attenborough and Stephen Fry:
In order to get something that you can usefully use for revision, your best bet is to create your own blog to store all your notes and thoughts. These can be multimedia. I can also look at the blogs in order to check on your work and leave comments if appropriate. Failing this then create a MS Word document, but this is very much the poor relation!
lol, David Attenborough is a legend!
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