What's next?

By Rhona Parry

It's no secret that we're due to publish the next phase of the review in early autumn. What will inform it? A number of things...

• the responses to the phase 1 consultation document are a critical input to our analysis, as well as a programme of engagement with a variety of stakeholders;
• we've held a series of deliberative workshops around the UK, aimed at assessing the public's attitudes towards the future options for PSB provision;
• quantitative research is underway, measuring the public's willingness to pay for PSB overall, for the BBC, for ITV1, for Channel 4 and for five. It also assesses the public's attitudes towards different funding mechanisms;
• additional deliberative research and quantitative research assessing consumer reactions to ITV's regional news proposals;
• further economic modelling about a variety of issues, particularly about the prospects for UK content origination;
• and lots and lots of internal analysis and desk research...

So Phase 1 wasn't the end of the evidence gathering... there's still plenty to come in Phase 2.