6.5b What are the most effective strategies and interventions for government and/or Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) to increase audience consumption of high-quality educational and/or children's content, particularly considering the role of platforms, content discoverability, and media literacy initiatives?

Background

DCMS sets regulations for television to ensure that audiences are not exposed to harmful content. These ARIs aim to understand effective interventions for mitigating the spread of harmful content, and identify strategies to boost audience consumption and production of high-quality content, ensuring all audiences are represented and served.

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