YouTube should give more prominence to public service media content
The BBC, ITV, STV, Channel 4, S4C and Channel 5 are all classed as public service broadcasters (PSBs)."If children do not turn to PSB content as they get older, the future of PSM (public service media) is at risk," said Ofcom's report into the future of public service broadcasting.YouTube should particularly offer more news and children's programming from those traditional TV channels to its users, Ofcom suggested.Only about 20% of material viewed on YouTube in the UK is actually made in the UK, the regulator found.
'Proud tradition'
"Public service media has a long and proud tradition in the UK. It delivers duly impartial and trusted news and original programmes which reflect British culture and bring the country together," a statement said."But the system is now under serious threat, with audience choice wider than it's ever been, broadcasters experiencing fundamental financial challenges and structural change in the advertising market."And in this environment, public service broadcasters are finding it much harder to fund the production and distribution of high-quality UK content to all audiences."Ofcom has published a six-point plan, which also includes asking the government to consider additional funding for some genres such as news, local news and children's content.It also announced a review of its regulation of broadcast TV and radio, because much of the current framework was designed for traditional TV. Ofcom also asked for urgent clarity on whether digital terrestrial TV - which is transmitted using masts and ariels, and which currently supports Freeview - will be phased out after 2034.A spokesperson for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said: "We welcome Ofcom's Public Service Media Review and we will now consider its recommendations."YouTube has been approached for comment.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Mirror
14 minutes ago
- Daily Mirror
Thrilled fan collapses and dies at King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard concert
Mathew Gawiak, who beat cancer as a child, fell over after feeling dizzy at a King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard gig in Denver, Colorado, and was later pronounced dead A music lover collapsed and died at his favourite band's concert on Friday. Paramedics rushed through the crowd to tend to Mathew Gawiak after the 36-year-old man fell to the ground at a King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard gig in Denver, Colorado. His brother Christopher "watched his brother die right in front of him" as, despite the best efforts of medics, Mathew succumbed to his injuries. The Australian band stopped their set around one hour into the concert to alert medical staff to the emergency. They had been livestreaming the concert on their YouTube page at the time, but the video has now been removed. Paying tribute to his sibling, Christopher said: "Matt was a loving and beloved husband, son, brother, uncle and friend. He was the love of my life and my best friend, he was the kindest most genuine person that I've ever met." Christopher shared details of the tragedy on Reddit, revealing Mathew suddenly felt dizzy at the concert. King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, formed in 2010, have won awards for their live performances and their song Cyboogie briefly peaked at number two in the UK singles chart in 2019. Mathew, described as "a diehard Gizzard fan", was part of a huge crowd at the Field of Vision Festival on Friday, where his beloved band were headlining. But Mathew quickly fell unwell, with Christopher recalling: "They had to call in an ambulance because they ran out. For all intents and purposes, I watched my brother die right in front of me and I was powerless to do anything about it. "I find some peace knowing that he was surrounded by music and a community that was special to him and that he was truly happy in the moments before he tragically passed away." More than $53,000 (£40,000) has so far been raised on a GoFundMe page for the scientist's family to cover funeral costs and support his memory. Christopher, whose brother beat cancer as a child, continued: "'His passions included playing guitar, camping, skiing, traveling, cooking, live music, and above all else, sharing those experiences with the people he loved... He got his Masters and had a fulfilling career as a geospatial scientist. His goal in life was to make the people he loved happy." A joint statement from the band and the venue said: "Regarding the incident, we are deeply saddened to share that on Friday night, a guest passed away due to an unexpected medical event during the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard concert at Meadow Creek despite the best efforts from emergency teams. We are sending our love and condolences to their family, friends, and the entire King Gizzard community."
Daily Mail
14 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews Mudtown: Let off a pet killer? This soft-touch magistrate will live to regret it...
Mudtown (U&Alibi) Are you an easy touch, a bleeding-heart liberal? Take this simple quiz to find out, based on a courtroom scene in the South Wales crime drama Mudtown. Imagine you're a magistrate. A young man, Sonny Higgins (Lloyd Meredith), is brought before the bench. A glance at his psychiatric report tells you he suffered a tough childhood — brought up in council care, when he was seven years old his foster mother killed herself. He discovered her body. It's a shocking story. But Higgins is in court for animal cruelty: he threw his ex-girlfriend's chihuahua off an eighth floor balcony. Asked why he did it, he tells the court with a smirk: 'Dog barking, ex shouting, just wanted peace and quiet. It worked.' That, to me, is genuinely unforgivable. I'd sentence him to transportation for life, if it was still possible. Magistrate Claire (Erin Richards) takes a different view. Higgins has 'turned over a new leaf'. He's let off with a fine. By the end of the first episode in this six-part thriller, we realised karma has some cosmic retribution planned for Claire. Higgins's new girlfriend is her own daughter, A-level student Beca (Lauren Morais). And whatever he's got in store for her, it won't involve the Oxbridge entrance exams. The show is filmed in Newport, along the coast from Cardiff, with the city's distinctive magistrates' court featured prominently. There's a romantic sheen cast over the docks, a sort of soft focus shimmer, though that might be drizzle. Co-writers Georgia Lee (herself a magistrate) and Hannah Daniel (who played lawyer Cerys in another Welsh drama, Keeping Faith) did part of their research by sitting in the court's public gallery, watching real cases. Fans of Keeping Faith will lap up Mudtown. Both dramas are centred on strong-minded, competent women, haunted by their past mistakes, juggling jobs and family while married to fairly useless men. Claire's husband is played by Matthew Gravelle, who made such a strong impression in Broadchurch that I wouldn't trust him if he was playing St Francis of Assisi. But the most dangerous man in her life is former childhood sweetheart Pete (Tom Cullen), now a small-town Mr Big. He turns up in the ladies' toilets at court, trying to intimidate Claire into jailing a defendant who could cause trouble for him. 'Don't let him out,' Pete warns menacingly. 'He's gonna be safer inside.' Instead, she lets the youth walk free on bail. Sure enough, he gets two bullets in the stomach as he goes to fetch fish and chips. He'd have been better off if Claire was the lock-'em-up-and-throw-away-the-key type. But she grew up in poverty on a housing estate, and likes to think she's 'one of the people' — spending her coffee breaks chatting to tramps, that sort of thing. Oh, and don't call them tramps, says Claire. They're 'human beings'. Yes, your Worship.
Daily Mail
14 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Ozzy Osbourne 'knew his farewell concert at Villa Park would be his final gig' as his close pal Tom Morello admits the Black Sabbath star had been 'frail for a while'
'knew' that his farewell concert at Villa Park would be his last ever gig, his close friend Tom Morello has revealed. The Black Sabbath hitmaker had reunited with the band for one last show at the beloved venue, before he passed away three weeks later at the age of 76. Musical director Tom, a close friend of Ozzy's who helped organise the concert, admitted he felt the rocker knew his days were numbered, after battling Parkinson's disease for many years. Speaking on US radio station Q101, he said: 'Ozzy Osbourne had lived on the edge for such a long time, the fact he lived as long as he did was a miracle. 'The fact he lived to play and feel that love one more time, to do Paranoid, to do Crazy Train. If you have got to go – and I wish Ozzy lived another 30 years – if you've got to go out... it felt like he knew.' Tom, a guitarist for Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, added that he got the chance to thank Ozzy after spending two years with him and his wife Sharon organising the reunion gig. But when asked whether he was surprised to learn the news of Ozzy's death, Tom added that he had been 'frail for a while.' He added: 'Friends of mine saw him a week later at another event in Birmingham. He wasn't on his death bed. He was just sort of living his life. It was a terrible and tragic surprise.' Tom said when Ozzy and Sharon approached him to organise the farewell concert, he vowed to make it 'the greatest day in the history of heavy metal.' He said: 'Black Sabbath invented heavy metal. Ozzy and Sabbath could not be more important to me as a fan. I laid out to make it a great show for fans and for them. 'It is so unusual that those guys headlined. They got to see all the work they had done and the great artists their music had created perform for them. 'They got to play and feel the love not just from the bands, the people in the stadium but from all over the world.' News of Ozzy's death last month sparked an outpouring of tributes from fans in the music world and showbiz industry alike. The Black Sabbath frontman, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019, passed away at the age of 76 on July 22 surrounded by his family. He was buried a week later on July 30. It later emerged that both the BBC and Paramount+ were producing documentaries on the rocker after filmmakers were given access to him for the final three years of his life, with the channels said to be a 'race' to air unseen footage. However, while the BBC had planned to air their documentary on Monday, it was pulled at the last minute due to reported concerns from Ozzy's family that the project was being 'rushed.' A source told The Sun: 'There have been conversations behind the scenes that maybe the BBC were rushing their show on Ozzy out - especially because Paramount+ also had a film in the offing.' They told how the BBC's production had originally set out to make a 10-part series called called Home To Roost charting Ozzy and wife Sharon's move back to the UK, however upon his death, it was later decided it would be a one-off film. The insider continued: 'What mattered the most to the family was the overall tone and theme of the programme, which features Ozzy and Sharon in one of their last interviews together. 'It started to feel like the goal being pursued was that the BBC and the makers of the film were to get the show on air faster than the Paramount+ doc. Naturally that has caused some concerns with the family.' Ozzy was laid to rest on the grounds of his own mansion in Buckinghamshire last month during a private funeral attended by his family and a host of rock royalty. His widow Sharon, 72, and their children were joined by stars including Marilyn Manson and Ozzy's lead guitarist Zakk Wylde during the event at the family's 250-acre estate near Gerrards Cross. Official documents listed three causes of death for the rock legend. This included an out of hospital cardiac arrest, acute myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease and Parkinson's disease with autonomic dysfunction. In a statement shared last month, Ozzy's family said he died 'surrounded by love', adding: 'It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning.
