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The UK Film Council believes that the digital distribution of films to the home and to mobile devices presents an opportunity to increase significantly access to independently produced and distributed UK films and specialised film within the UK.
It has commissioned a series of reports, available on this page, to examine how public policy interventions might assist in ensuring that such digital distribution does enhance access to film.
Also available, for reference, are papers relating to the development of the UK Film Council's thinking on the challenges and opportunities presented by digital technologies.
Digital Strategy
Digital Strategy - An interim position paper
April 2003: This paper is for reference purposes and does not represent the UK Film Council's current priorities for digital. These can be found in the current three year strategic plan. This paper set out aims, objectives and next steps to direct the UK Film Council's activities in this fast-moving area while its policy priorities developed.
BERR/DCMS: Response to Digital Britain - The Interim Report
March 2009: The UK Film Council submitted a response to the Government's Interim Report on Digital Britain. The response welcomed the opportunities for film which would be delivered by universally available broadband and next generation networks but stressed the need for an effective deterrence policy to significantly reduce illegal file-sharing online.
Copyright in a Digital World – What role for a digital rights agency?
March 2009: The UK Film Council submitted a response to the discussion paper on a Digital Rights Agency published by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. The response stated that a Digital Rights Agency could help both to ensure more effective legitimate access to intellectual property and that it should have a role to play in helping to significantly reduce illegal file-sharing.
Copyright in a Digital World – What role for a digital rights agency?
Department for Business, Innovation and Skill: Ofcom to Implement the Wireless Radio Spectrum Modernisation Programme
February 2010: The UK Film Council submitted a response to the consultation on a BIS Direction to Ofcom to Implement the Wireless Radio Spectrum Modernisation Programme, where it underlined the importance of ensuring that the proposals met the needs of the Programme-Making and Special Events sector (PMSE).
Digital Futures
The Digital Futures seminars were conceived as a way of enabling the UK Film Council, together with the industry and other experts, to be informed about and to discuss future digital developments and their implications. For reference purposes, reports on the two seminars can be viewed here.
Digital Futures seminar 1
June 2003: The first of the Digital Futures seminars, chaired by Terry Ilott of Hammer Film Productions, focused on skills development, access, creativity, enterprise and education.
Video on Demand
Video on Demand Seminar
June 2006: In recognition of the far-reaching impacts that video on demand and online technologies will have on audience choice and the way the film industry works, the UK Film Council convened a seminar with film sector stakeholders from distribution, production and film heritage to discuss the key issues and propose recommendations that would inform UK Film Council policy-making in this area. A transcript of the speech given by John Woodward, UK Film Council CEO, to open the seminar's proceedings is available here.
Feasibility Study: A Digital Platform for the delivery of UK Independent and Specialised Films to the home
June 2006: The UK Film Council commissioned a feasibility study into the UK video on demand (VoD) market for specialised and UK independent film, with the following objectives: to assess the necessary steps to increase public access to UK independent and specialised films; to recommend a process to maximise public value of such titles within a VoD environment; and to provide a credible model for commercialisation of such content over digital distribution platforms.
Video on Demand Seminar - Presentation
June 2006: The presentation given by Screen Digest and Magic Lantern on the findings and recommendations of the digital platform feasibility study is available here.
Video on Demand Seminar - Delegate recommendations
June 2006: Following break-out group discussions, the seminar delegates reconvened for a plenary session at which they fed back their recommendations for consideration by the UK Film Council. These are summarised here.
Content Online
Content Online in the Single Market
October 2006
The UK Film Council has responded to a European Commission consultation entitled "Public Consultation on Content Online in the Single Market ". This consultation will inform a Commission Communication on Content Online, to be adopted at the end of the year. It follows the publication of the Film Online charter by the Commission earlier in 2006. Issues covered include DRM, piracy, new business models and cultural diversity. The UK Film Council submission suggests that effective public interventions will be required in an online environment to advance cultural diversity and media literacy and to stem copyright theft and infringement. It also argues that new business models have the potential to broaden access to the full range of European films.
