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Safeguard public service broadcasting in Wales - Welsh Liberal Democrats

December 3, 2008 12:00 AM

The Welsh Liberal Democrats today call on the Government to safeguard public service broadcasting in Wales as they hand in their submission to Ofcom's review of public service broadcasting.

The submission will outline how to maintain and strengthen the quality of public service broadcasting in Wales as the UK switches fully to digital television by 2012. The submission also calls on the Government to ensure that there is a plurality of Welsh-specific current and consumer affairs programmes across all the public service broadcast providers.

Peter Black, Welsh Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Culture and committee member said:

"The Welsh Liberal Democrats believe that high quality television, radio, news and current affairs are essential components of an inclusive democracy. A functioning political system works best if its citizens are informed and one of the primary ways in which many citizens receive this news is through public service broadcast media. As a result, Wales needs to ensure that all its citizens have access to as wide a range of news and current affairs programmes as possible.

"Our submission today will hopefully help shape the way public service broadcasting is delivered in Wales. The recent explosion of new media available for people to access these services means that there are new challenges we have to face and potentially challenging implications at the national and local level.

"We are delighted to have had this opportunity to air our views. I hope that this review of public services will enable a healthy and plural media market for the people of Wales and the United Kingdom"

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