John Tate
Director, Policy and Strategy
Blog posts in total 8
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Ensuring prominence for public service content as media converges
The 主播大秀's Director of Policy and Strategy, John Tate discusses聽a new report that tackles the role of Public Service Broadcasting in聽the evolving聽world of media consumption.
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The 主播大秀's economic impact
John Tate blogs about how the 主播大秀 stimulates growth through its own spending and how it can foster growth in other creative industries.聽
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Retransmission fees - to pay or not to pay?
Last week the 主播大秀 announced a plan for how it proposes to deliver its services to audiences with the licence fee frozen until 2017.
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What the 主播大秀 spends on television content - a response to today's Ofcom report
Ofcom published its 2012 PSB report today and I'm pleased that, once again, it shows audiences continue to rate the 主播大秀 very highly for quality - with 主播大秀 One and 主播大秀 Two by far the highest-rated, and 主播大秀 Three and Four comparable with ITV1 and Channel 4. I'm disappointed though that Ofcom has...
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The 主播大秀 - it's a bit like an apple
Every quarter I review the 主播大秀's overall performance and, for this year's third quarter, an especially strong picture emerged that reminded me of just what an extraordinary organisation the 主播大秀 is. Take the website that you're probably reading this on - the 主播大秀's. It's the only UK site consist...
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The 主播大秀 - helping the creative economy to grow
Helping the creative industries restart and diversify Britain's economy is a crucial element of Jeremy Hunt's plan for a new Communications Act. How then does the 主播大秀 measure up to this aspiration? A 主播大秀 report published today, Helping Drive growth in the UK creative economy (PDF), describes h...
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Why the 主播大秀 must focus on quality content
I am giving evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee today about the 主播大秀's strategy review - Putting Quality First. I've spent a lot of time preparing for the session and - as part of that - I've been reminding myself about one of our key considerations in making the 主播大秀 more mission-focu...
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The Strategy Review - some questions answered
Thank you for all your comments both on Mark Thompson's post, and elsewhere. I'm John Tate, the 主播大秀's Director of Policy and Strategy, and I'd like to take this opportunity to answer the main questions and concerns that seem to be emerging, outlined below. We'll be commenting more over the coming...