Multi-Platform essential

I've thought for a long time that for a Public Service Broadcaster to be truly serving the public all of their content should be available to everyone it is supposed to serve however they decide to view it where technically possible, for instance watching the news on a toaster might be a bit silly (reading the weather on the other hand...).

This means a show should be available on dtt, cable, satellite but also on demand through the web so you can watch it when you like and not just when you are told, schedules should be a thing of the past, in my view, given unlimited bandwidth/space, every programme from the archive and new shows added each day/week should be available at any time to anybody.

The main channel would just be a barker for the shows, and then you press red to get a list of programmes, this information could be broken down by type or alphabetically.

This is something that should be available on broadband (without the archive element) within the next two years thanks to the BBC iMP.

Apparently a recent conference of PSB's from around the world have said more-or-less the same thing as me, diversify to survive (be unique in a way the commercials can't afford).

The conference described the BBC’s Building Public Value document - which envisages free-to-air content available on all devices - as a definitive public service manifesto.