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Submission to the DCMS Consultation on Analogue Community Radio Licensing

Over the past few weeks, we at Better Media have been working on putting together a submission to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) consultation on future licensing arrangements for analogue (AM & FM) community radio. In our view the DCMS proposals are based on flawed evidence and assumptions, and as such we advocate…
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December 2023 & January 2024 Update

Hello! This is the first update from Better Media in 2024 – happy new year.

October & November 2023 Update

Hello and welcome to a slightly delayed update from Better Media. Rowan Gavin here, Better Media Campaign Co-ordinator. Between illness and travel I didn’t work very many hours for Better Media in October, so rather than produce a very short update last month we decided to roll two months together.

September 2023 Update

Hello and welcome to the Better Media monthly update, which this time round has a focus on the recent developments with the Media Bill.

August 2023 Update

Hello! Summer is drawing to a close, and to mark the occasion I have another Better Media monthly update to relay.

July 2023 Update

Hello there! It’s time for another update on our work here at Better Media, plus some news on the status of our paid worker.

June 2023 Update

Hello there! Welcome to a particularly summery Better Media monthly update (here in the Northern hemisphere at least!) I’m Rowan, the Better Media Campaign Co-ordinator, looking wistfully out of my window at the sunshine as I write about what we’ve been up to here this month.

Submission to the Ofcom BBC Performance Measurement Framework Consultation

Over the past few weeks, we at Better Media have been working on putting together a submission to the Ofcom consultation on proposed changes to the performance measurement framework (PMF) it uses to assess the BBC’s performance. The proposed new PMF updates the existing framework from 2017, but in our view it is lacking in several respects.

May 2023 Update

Hello, and welcome to another Better Media monthly update. I’m Rowan, the Better Media Campaign Co-ordinator, here to report on what has been a pretty exciting month!

Submission to the Ofcom Impacts Assessment Review

Over the past few weeks, we at Better Media have been working on putting together a submission to the Ofcom’s consultation on the proposed changes to their Impact Assessment guidance. The existing guidance dates back to 2005 and is severely in need of updating to bring it in line with current legislation and best practice on equality impact assessment. Our submission was completed and submitted on 11th May.