This title provides a forum for the significant policy debates which have informed and shaped television broadcasting since the publication in 1986 of the Peacock Committee Report on the financing of the BBC. The Reader presents key documents and critically analyzes their impact on the organization, financial resources, programme content, editorial philosophy and the regulatory environment of television broadcasting. Recognizing that policy making is not wholly a prerogative of government, British Television Policy provides readers with access to a wide range of statutory and non-governmental...