Advocacy
Our vision is that people in the UK have access to more and better coverage of global issues and are able to find it eaily through their favourite media. The aim of our advocacy is to achieve this vision.
For more than 30 years we have used our experience and research to represent our members’ interests at key moments, including BBC Charter and Channel 4 licence renewal, public service debates and scheduling negotiations. As financial pressure and consumer choice grow, it has never been more important to ensure that mainstream media don’t just report on the top news story of the day but also reflect a range of stories from around the world.
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House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee on the future of Channel 4
In this submission, we argue that the Government's proposal to privatise Channel 4 poses a significant risk to the channel's commitment international content that is delivered through a range of genres including news and current affairs.
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DCMS consultation on the change of ownership to Channel 4
In this submission, we oppose the Government's proposal to privatise Channel 4 as we believe that this change of ownership will threaten the channel's historic commitment to international content, delivered through Channel 4 News, Unreported World and a range of other programmes.
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House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee on the future of Channel 4
In this submission, we argue that the Government's proposal to privatise Channel 4 poses a significant risk to the channel's commitment international content that is delivered through a range of genres including news and current affairs.
DCMS consultation on the change of ownership to Channel 4
In this submission, we oppose the Government's proposal to privatise Channel 4 as we believe that this change of ownership will threaten the channel's historic commitment to international content, delivered through Channel 4 News, Unreported World and a range of other programmes.
BBC consultation on BBC3
In this submission, we broadly welcomes the BBC's proposals to bring back BBC3 as a TV channel. However, we are disappointed that there is no mention in the current proposals of the important role that international current affairs plays in the channel’s output.
Ofcom’s PSB review consultation
We consider that the public service broadcasters (PSBs) play an important role in engaging a range of audiences with international content. They have the unique ability to reach mainstream audiences and are a key source of information for all audiences about global events.
BBC’s public consultation on the age related licence policy
In this submission we give our support to the continuation of a free television licence for people aged over 75, but we argue that the government should be responsible for financing the licence fee exemption, not the BBC.
Ofcom review of rules for prominence of public service broadcasters
IBT’s primary concern is that audiences should continue to have access to high quality public service broadcast content which engages them with and informs them about the wider world. IBT supports Parliament’s original intention to provide prominence for high quality public service content in return for responsibilities placed on the Public Service Broadcasters to provide…