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UK Government Launches Review That Could Pave Way For More Broadcaster Consolidation: “The Television Market Is Transforming”

In the Creative Industries Sector Plan, the UK government has launched a review to examine whether broadcasters could consolidate.

The creative sector plan said “we must take active steps to ensure our domestic broadcasters can adapt to this changing market and continue their support for independent producers of all sizes so that IP remains in the UK.” On Friday, the UK government unveiled a £75M ($100M) “Screen Growth Package” which will expand the UK Global Screen Fund to £18M per year from next year, put £25M towards businesses in the augmented reality and motion capture tech space and give £10M to expand the National Film and Television School, which the government said will unlock £11M in investment from the likes of the Walt Disney Company, the Dana and Albert R. Broccoli Foundation and Sky. Philippa Childs, who heads up the Bectu union, said she was “delighted” the government has listened to Bectu and welcomes “that the government has taken a number of other steps to back creative workers including a strengthened commitment to tackling bullying and harassment in the industry, a new skills passport, and confirming the intention to support self-employed workers through the Make Work Pay agenda.”

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