The Social Market Foundation (SMF) has published a new report - In Public Service Broadcasting in the UK: A Longer Term View (.PDF), which recommends that the government should prioritise investment in faster broadband to get the best out of the broadcasting (TV) market.

It suggests that broadband could enable the market to provide more public service content more efficiently, but to achieve this the UK's Internet infrastructure must be improved to avoid exacerbating the digital divide:


The report essentially recommends that, rather than funding any expansion in public service broadcasting, the focus should be on ensuring that comprehensive broadband coverage is achieved.