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Department for Culture Media and Sport

broadcasting

We work closely with the regulators, broadcasting industry, viewers and listeners to increase choice, ensure healthy competition and maintain programme standards and quality.

Our role

We look after policy on the allocation of TV and radio frequencies, together with reception matters, in liaison with the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which manages frequencies.

We review the Royal Charter which governs the BBC and set the licence fee.

We confirmed the timetable for switching to digital television and formed the digital TV switchover programme.

We do not get involved in complaints about individual programmes or schedules, these are handled by independent regulators.