Executives from Amazon and YouTube will face the Digital,
Media, Culture and Sports Committee on Tuesday to give
evidence on the UK’s broadcasting environment, its trends and
their views on its future.
The rise of on-demand programming online has given rise to
questions over how public service broadcasting fits into the
media market in the future. How public service broadcasters
(PSBs) can best deliver on their responsibilities in this new
environment and how they can carve out a distinctive place within
that market remain unanswered.
As part of its Future of
Public Service Broadcasting Inquiry the Committee will be
taking the views of video streaming giants Amazon Prime and
YouTube on viewing habits and the value of joint productions with
PSBs. The Committee is also likely to invite opinion on where the
regulation of streaming services and PSBs should be consistent.
Witnesses at 10am:
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Georgia Brown, Director of European Originals,
Amazon Studios;
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Chris Bird, Head of Content Europe, Prime
Video.
Witnesses at 11am:
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Iain Bundred, Head of Public Policy, YouTube
UK & Ireland;
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Richard Lewis, Head of UK & Ireland
Content Partnerships, YouTube.
Committee membership:
(Chair) (Conservative, Solihull); (Labour, Cardiff West);
(Conservative, Winchester);
(Conservative, Shipley); (Labour, Pontypridd); (Labour, Eltham); (Labour, Sunderland Central); Rt Hon MP
(Conservative, Ashford); Rt Hon (Conservative, East Hampshire); (Scottish National Party, Ochil and South
Perthshire); (Conservative, Clacton)
