Two paragraphs that seem immediately pertinent:
5.2: "Public service content in Digital Britain now comes from a much
wider range of sources than in the analogue age. Public cultural
institutions like Tate, the Royal Opera House, the RSC, the Film Council
and many other museums, libraries, archives and galleries around the
country now reach a wider public online." p.135
5.6 "[] ... subsidy is no longer available. If the models to provide
some of these genres through television commissions are faltering, the
new opportunities online enable arts and other genres to become their
own commissioners and distributors to large audiences, building brands
such as Tate, Royal Shakespeare Company and many others that are already
showing global potential in the online world." p.136
Does this suggest that musuem 'content' is seen as some kind of
replacement for the now-defunct South Bank Show? The report doesn't go
on to say anything about infrastructure or funding for this kind of
thing... Shouldn't it be about something more than museum 'brands'?
Danny
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> Subject: [MCG] Digital Britain - Final Report
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>
> Dear MCG,
>
> As you may already be aware, 'Digital Britain: The Final
> Report' was published this afternoon and is available from:
> http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/broadcasting/6216.aspx
>
> I look forward to hearing your thoughts on what you think it
> might mean for you, your institution and the sector as a whole.
>
> The MCG list will be a great place to do this reading and
> reviewing together. So I would encourage list members to
> share their views so we can collectively see where the
> consensus and areas of debate might be - and what 'Digital
> Britain' might mean for those of us working in area of
> 'digital heritage'.
>
> And, of course, if you come across any thoughtful blog
> comment or reviews on the report that you think MCG members
> will benefit from reading, then do share those as well.
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Ross Parry
> MCG Chair
>
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