BBC launches PSB partnerships

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Major development today in internet delivery of TV.....

BBC launches PSB partnerships

"Broadcasters can help secure the future of PSB through partnership" – Mark Thompson, Director-General of the BBC, comments on the launch of the partnership plans

The BBC is today launching a series of new partnerships that could deliver more than £120million per annum by 2014 to PSB beyond the BBC, including sharing the iPlayer with other broadcasters and bringing it to the television set.

The wide-ranging proposals cover the production, distribution and exploitation of content.

One partnership – to develop a common industry approach to delivering on-demand and internet services to the television – is already being progressed by a group including BBC, ITV and BT.

Other proposals announced include helping support regional news beyond the BBC; BBC Worldwide working with other broadcasters to develop new revenue streams; and the BBC sharing technology and R&D to create a common digital production standard.

Initial modelling for the BBC by Deloitte indicates that the partnerships, if approved by the BBC Trust and supported by the other partners, could by 2014 generate over £120million a year of benefit to PSB beyond the BBC.

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