Extract from end of day adjournment debate on Coronation Street: 60th Anniversary - Dec 2
Thursday, 3 December 2020 07:57
The Minister for Media and Data (Mr John Whittingdale):...The hon.
Member for Batley and Spen and my hon. Friend the Member for
Buckingham referred to the importance of public service
broadcasting. We are living through extraordinary changes in the
media landscape that have brought huge extra opportunities for
viewers in the range of content available through a number of
streaming services that did not even exist two or three years ago.
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The Minister for Media and Data (
):...The hon. Member for Batley and Spen and my
hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham referred to the importance of
public service broadcasting. We are living through extraordinary
changes in the media landscape that have brought huge extra
opportunities for viewers in the range of content available through
a number of streaming services that did not even exist two or three
years ago. Now we have a choice of Amazon, Apple,
Disney and Netflix, as well as Sky and the public service
broadcasting companies. The PSBs have a tremendous role in
supporting the UK creative industries, and while some of the
streaming services are now commissioning content in this country,
because we are so good at it here, the PSBs nevertheless still
represent the major commissioners of UK content. We have recently
established the Public Service Broadcasting Advisory Panel to
examine the way in which PSB needs to adapt to this new landscape,
but I am absolutely clear that there is still a role for public
service broadcasting, and we will be looking at the issues and
challenges facing public service broadcasters, such as the issue of
prominence that my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham
raised...
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