皇冠体育app

皇冠体育app consultation proposes 7 changes to 鈥檚 statutory duties and functions to save money and increase efficiency for the regulator and industry.

Mr Vaizey said:

We must ensure that every penny of taxpayers鈥� money is spent properly.Ofcom and broadcasters are currently legally obliged to spend money and time doing work that isn鈥檛 necessarily required.

皇冠体育app proposed changes include:

• removing an obligation on Ofcom to review the Public Service Broadcasting landscape every 5 years and instead allow the Culture Secretary to request a review when it is needed

• allowing Ofcom to assess how the various Channel 3 licensees work together when necessary, rather than annually

• the regulator would no longer have to review a change of control of a Channel 3 or 5 licence and instead do it if warranted

Government is committed to removing unnecessary burdens on business so broadcasters will no longer produce annual statements of programme policy under these proposals. 皇冠体育appse statements are weak regulatory levers, and the relevant information is collected through other means.

皇冠体育app consultation also suggests Ofcom should have more flexibility to change its governance structures, enabling it to adapt as circumstances change, with the Secretary of State鈥檚 approval, and be as efficient as possible.

Under the proposals, the regulator would no longer have a duty to promote training and equality. This work is done by other bodies and no other sectoral regulator is required to do this.

Finally, the proposed changes would allow Ofcom to charge for filing applications for satellite orbits with the International Telecommunications Union. This would bring Ofcom into line with regulators in other countries, ending the unintended taxpayer subsidy for companies based anywhere in the world that choose to make applications through Ofcom.

Have your say

You can take part in the consultation now, which closes on 25 June 2013.