A FUTURE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TELEVISION CONTENT AND PLATFORMS IN A DIGITAL WORLD

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A FUTURE FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TELEVISION Scrutiny and oversight: An independent regulator (eg the commissioner for public appointments) should provide assurance that the appointments have met these criteria and been made on merit, free from political or personal patronage. He or she should be under a duty to report any concerns to the relevant House of Commons select committee, which should be ready to hold a pre appointment scrutiny for the chair appointment and in any other cases where concerns have been raised. 3. There is a precedent for the government deciding to create a totally independent selection process, when it needed during the controversy about press regulation to convince parliament and the public that it would play no part in appointments to the regulatory body. Under the royal charter on press self regulation, the commissioner for public appointments was given the task of setting up an independent selection process to appoint the Recognition Panel (which was established under the charter) and to certify that those appointed had been selected on merit by a fair and open process. The secretary of state in his commissioning letter set out some basic requirements as to how the process should operate and the mix of skills required on the Recognition Panel, but otherwise played no role at all in the process or in the final choice of successful candidates. 4. The government is unlikely to be prepared to play no part at all in the six BBC appointments, but a variant of the process used for the press body might be used to provide public confidence that the BBC appointments process has been independent. The main elements of this could be as follows: i. The secretary of state for culture, media and sport asks the commissioner for public appointments (or another regulator) to set up an independent panel to conduct an open competition to select the six appointees. ii. In a public letter to the commissioner he sets out his expectations of the skills, experience and diversity he expects of the appointees and asks to be given, if possible, a choice of the two candidates for each role who best meet the published criteria. He also nominates a senior official from DCMS to represent him on the selection panel and asks the devolved administrations to do the same for the appointment of their nation’s nonexecutive member. iii. The commissioner then sets up a process, which meets the criteria set out in paragraph 2 above, with a majority of independent members, including the chair, on the selection panel. iv. The selection panel makes the final decision on which two candidates best meet the published criteria. The secretary of state must appoint one of the two or ask for the competition to be rerun. He cannot substitute his own candidate. v. The commissioner for public appointments certifies that the appointments were made on merit after a proper process; or raises any concerns with the select committee, which may call some or all for a pre appointment scrutiny. vi. As part of their contract of appointment all successful candidates must be able to sign up to act in accordance with the Seven Principles of Public Life. This should be tested explicitly during the selection process. 162
APPLICATION OF THE NOLAN PRINCIPLES AN INDEPENDENT SELECTION PANEL OPEN COMPETITION FOR ROLES FAIR APPLICATION OF CRITERIA NO MINISTERIAL INVOLVEMENT SCRUTINY AND OVERSIGHT 163
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Contents Foreword by David Puttnam
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To instruct democracy, if possible
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Welcome Television is leading a cha
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CONTENT AND PLATFORMS IN A DIGITAL
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PSB channels 71.9% All other channe
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Why television matters Television i
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1982 1990s 2012 The BBC-ITV duopoly
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Time for action Today’s policymak
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Basic principles At the core of pre
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The multichannel revolution Perhaps
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The BBC For most people, the BBC is
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Channel 4 If the BBC is the most im
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ITV and Channel 5 The focus of atte
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The changing face of ITV 1993-2002
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Television and diversity We have ea
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THE PEOPLE SHOULD BE TELEVISED If t
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Page 111 and 112: CONTENT AND PLATFORMS IN A DIGITAL
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Page 153 and 154: Conclusion Television is changing.
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