The Media and Creative Industries directorate wants to probe and develop evidence for considering new funding approaches and business models across its sectors which can better ensure growth, social responsibility and environmental sustainability. As new challenges arise, it needs to develop a strong research evidence base to lead on policy and to support these sectors and their wider impacts.In terms of media, MCI needs to consider how best to support television, radio and the press sectors to adapt to the ever-changing media environment while maintaining a media which acts in the public interest and with social and environmental responsibility. The place of regulation and government intervention should be considered within this context. The UK has a reputation for the provision of a dynamic, strong, independent and safe sector where freedoms of speech and expression are supported. There will be a natural focus on the BBC over the coming years as MCI looks at the sustainability of BBC funding and prepares for the start of the next charter period in 2028.
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This project investigates the changing production ecology of the UK's independent specialist factual production sector in relationship to the role and future of public service broadcasting (PSB) in the emerging digital t...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: Royal Holloway University of London
The project investigates the changing production ecology of the UK's independent specialist factual production sector in relation to the role and future of public service broadcasting in the digital age, which is relevant to the question about the environmental implications of increased on-demand consumption.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) estimates that the annual emissions from UK film production total in excess of 149.000 tonnes of CO2 (the equivalent of the total CO2 output of a small village), wh...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: University of Warwick
The project directly addresses the environmental footprint of media production and explores the environmental impacts of digital media technologies, which is directly relevant to the question about the environmental implications of increased on-demand consumption.
Green Wing is on a mission to make going green easier for the media sector. Developed by TV company Little Bird Films, we understand the challenges the media industry faces when it comes to being sustainable, but also ho...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: LITTLE BIRD FILMS LTD
The project is relevant because it addresses the environmental sustainability of the media sector, but does not specifically compare on-demand consumption to linear broadcasting.