British Government Releases White Paper on U.K. Broadcasting Regulations

The British government has laid out its plans to reshape the country’s broadcasting landscape with a broad ranging set of proposals, contained in a White Paper published Thursday. These include confirmation that Channel 4 will be privatized and the BBC funding model will be reviewed. The proposals were previewed to the media on Wednesday, and covered in depth by Variety here. In the White Paper, secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, Nadine Dorries, said the government would bring larger TV-like video-on-demand providers – in other words, the streamers – under the jurisdiction of media regulator Ofcom. Ofcom… Read Full Article