Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee Scrutiny of the Draft Media Bill
An Action Against Hunger community media project in northern Senegal. Photo credit: Gareth Benest /Fotosynthesis
In this submission, we argue that the Government’s Draft Media Bill threatens the few remaining spaces for international coverage within the Public Service Media system. In particular, removing its obligation to cover ‘matters of international significance and interest’ will disincentivise and discourage outward-looking programme-making that brings the world to UK audiences.