John Tate
Director, Policy and Strategy
Blog posts in total 8
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Ensuring prominence for public service content as media converges
The 成人论坛's Director of Policy and Strategy, John Tate discusses聽a new report that tackles the role of Public Service Broadcasting in聽the evolving聽world of media consumption.
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The 成人论坛's economic impact
John Tate blogs about how the 成人论坛 stimulates growth through its own spending and how it can foster growth in other creative industries.聽
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Retransmission fees - to pay or not to pay?
Last week the 成人论坛 announced a plan for how it proposes to deliver its services to audiences with the licence fee frozen until 2017.
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What the 成人论坛 spends on television content - a response to today's Ofcom report
Ofcom published its 2012 PSB report today and I'm pleased that, once again, it shows audiences continue to rate the 成人论坛 very highly for quality - with 成人论坛 One and 成人论坛 Two by far the highest-rated, and 成人论坛 Three and Four comparable with ITV1 and Channel 4. I'm disappointed though that Ofcom has...
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The 成人论坛 - it's a bit like an apple
Every quarter I review the 成人论坛's overall performance and, for this year's third quarter, an especially strong picture emerged that reminded me of just what an extraordinary organisation the 成人论坛 is. Take the website that you're probably reading this on - the 成人论坛's. It's the only UK site consist...
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The 成人论坛 - helping the creative economy to grow
Helping the creative industries restart and diversify Britain's economy is a crucial element of Jeremy Hunt's plan for a new Communications Act. How then does the 成人论坛 measure up to this aspiration? A 成人论坛 report published today, Helping Drive growth in the UK creative economy (PDF), describes h...
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Why the 成人论坛 must focus on quality content
I am giving evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee today about the 成人论坛's strategy review - Putting Quality First. I've spent a lot of time preparing for the session and - as part of that - I've been reminding myself about one of our key considerations in making the 成人论坛 more mission-focu...
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The Strategy Review - some questions answered
Thank you for all your comments both on Mark Thompson's post, and elsewhere. I'm John Tate, the 成人论坛's Director of Policy and Strategy, and I'd like to take this opportunity to answer the main questions and concerns that seem to be emerging, outlined below. We'll be commenting more over the coming...