View Wass News Today

of the regulator, how the regulator shapes the future of the bbc directly impacts on everyone who consumes its content and also interacts with it as an institution. lets understand first of all more about what ofcom wants. lets hearfrom kevin backhurst, group director of content and media policy. and, kevin, reading your review today, you sound a little underwhelmed by how the bbc explains itself. tell us why. i think we feel that the bbc should absolutely strive all the time to explai...

now, the uks media regulator ofcom has published a major review of what the bbc does, particularly focussed on three areas — how the bbc deals with complaints, how the bbc approaches impartiality and how the bbc defines the services that it offers people in the uk. needless to say, how the bbc takes the advice of the regulator, how the regulator shapes the future of the bbc directly impacts on everyone who consumes its content and also interacts with it as an institution. lets unders...

The third focus of ofcom, which is the services that the bbc provides. as i understand it, you are looking for a change to the bbc�*s operating licence with a more explicit reference to online services provided. can you just explain to our listeners what the operating licence is and what you would like the bbc to commit to in terms of online services? sure, we are required to set what is called an operating license for the bbc, which is for key areas how the bbc delivers for audiences. so, the...

Across tv and radio largely, so far. our view wass that as audiences moved dramatically online, the operating licence needs to reflect what the bbc does across all services. so you are looking for a shift in commitments of the bbc and perhaps a re—imagination of how it is measured as well. these are the three points of emphasis from ofcom today. kevin bakhurst is going to stay with us, hes ofcoms group director of content and media policy, but lets bring in three guests to evaluate how ofcom i...