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| BBC's role in Wales needs urgent review, Carwyn Jones says | |
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| The first minister has called for an urgent review into what the BBC has a "duty to deliver" in Wales. | |
| Carwyn Jones claimed there had been no assessment of how public service broadcasters had responded to changes in the UK since devolution. | Carwyn Jones claimed there had been no assessment of how public service broadcasters had responded to changes in the UK since devolution. |
| In a letter to Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, he called for "a clear definition of what Wales needs and what the BBC has a duty to deliver". | In a letter to Culture Secretary John Whittingdale, he called for "a clear definition of what Wales needs and what the BBC has a duty to deliver". |
| He added the review should also look at the role of Welsh language channel S4C. | He added the review should also look at the role of Welsh language channel S4C. |
| Mr Jones said the review should focus on how the BBC and S4C promoted and sustained Welsh culture and language, represented Welsh people and Welsh life, and current market failures in relation to public service broadcasting in Wales. | Mr Jones said the review should focus on how the BBC and S4C promoted and sustained Welsh culture and language, represented Welsh people and Welsh life, and current market failures in relation to public service broadcasting in Wales. |
| Charter 'contract' | Charter 'contract' |
| "Since devolution we have seen a significant change in the way the nations and regions of the UK operate and as a result the needs of the people that live there," he said. | "Since devolution we have seen a significant change in the way the nations and regions of the UK operate and as a result the needs of the people that live there," he said. |
| "Yet there has been no evaluation or assessment of how public service broadcasters have responded to these changes. | "Yet there has been no evaluation or assessment of how public service broadcasters have responded to these changes. |
| "A full review of the BBC's public purposes is needed as a matter of urgency. | "A full review of the BBC's public purposes is needed as a matter of urgency. |
| "Such a review would need to consider S4C, which despite its independence from the BBC, has clear cultural, commercial and educational synergies. | "Such a review would need to consider S4C, which despite its independence from the BBC, has clear cultural, commercial and educational synergies. |
| "This is not to suggest that there should be any weakening of S4C's independence. | "This is not to suggest that there should be any weakening of S4C's independence. |
| "This would help form the basis of a new Charter 'contract', so that there is a clear definition of what Wales needs and what the BBC has a duty to deliver in the decade ahead, both to audiences in Wales and about Wales to the rest of the world." | "This would help form the basis of a new Charter 'contract', so that there is a clear definition of what Wales needs and what the BBC has a duty to deliver in the decade ahead, both to audiences in Wales and about Wales to the rest of the world." |