Shaping the future of the BBC and public service media
The government is conducting a review of the BBC’s Royal Charter, which expires at the end of 2027. The decisions made now will shape the BBC for a decade or more. Alongside it, DCMS has published Watch this space: a new strategic direction for UK media, a second consultation covering distribution, regulation and the prominence of public service media. We have responded to both.
We are the British Broadcasting Challenge, a civil society coalition working to secure a bold, sustainable future for public service broadcasting in the UK. We are not run by, or affiliated with, the BBC.
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We submitted five detailed policy papers to the DCMS consultation, setting out an interlocking constitutional settlement for the BBC: a permanent Charter, an independently appointed Board of Trustees, a Universal Licence Fee with independent funding determination, a reinstated public purpose for technology, and formal recognition of the BBC as critical national infrastructure for information security.