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Public service streaming platforms should promote public service content. Why don’t they?
IBT and the University of Leeds recently published ‘Behind the Screen’, a report on how public service broadcasting is changing as we move increasingly towards online viewing. Former BBC editor Roger Bolton was at the launch and reflects on the urgent questions the report raises.
Young Brits care about global issues. We should listen to them
As the international development sector faces tremendous pressures, many NGOs are in danger of neglecting ethical communications in pursuit of desperately needed fundraising. But as Jess Crombie argues, ethical storytelling isn’t a ‘nice to have’, but rather one of the tactics that will help us to raise money and continue to deliver aid.
Ethical storytelling can help us fight back against the aid cuts
As the international development sector faces tremendous pressures, many NGOs are in danger of neglecting ethical communications in pursuit of desperately needed fundraising. But as Jess Crombie argues, ethical storytelling isn’t a ‘nice to have’, but rather one of the tactics that will help us to raise money and continue to deliver aid.
Media, Trump and the COP30 challenge
Date: 16th October 2025
Time: 10 – 11:30
Location: ODI Global, 4 Millbank, London, SW1P 3LL
In his first 100 days in office, President Trump withdrew the US from the Paris Agreement, delegitimised and undermined low-emission growth, and restricted US scientists’ involvement in international climate research.
With COP30 approaching, this event will dissect how the research community, media and civil society communicate the challenge of climate change and continue to work towards low-carbon, climate-resilient development.
We will be asking:
- Does the media need to shift its approach to communicating climate change?
- How does civil society continue to advocate for change? Is traditional media still a player?
- How does COP adapt to the absence of one of the world’s largest emitters?
We will be joined by a panel of climate journalists working for a range of media outlets including the BBC, The Times, Guardian, CNN and the Financial Times.
Recent Reports
Behind the Screen – How streaming is changing public service media
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) in covering global events through current affairs and other factual programmes on television channels. To achieve this, we analysed the volume, originality, scheduling, genre, and geographic focus of international (non-news) factual programmes broadcast on the main seven UK public service channels – BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – in 2023 and 2024.
Small World – International factual programming on public service channels
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) in covering global events through current affairs and other factual programmes on television channels. To achieve this, we analysed the volume, originality, scheduling, genre, and geographic focus of international (non-news) factual programmes broadcast on the main seven UK public service channels – BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, ITV 1, Channel 4 and Channel 5 – in 2023 and 2024.
Decolonisation – the media challenge
IBT encourages NGOs to work with the media. But the two sectors are not always aligned. This report examines the media's stance on decolonisation. The report interrogates areas of divergence between the media and the charity sector before offering solutions forward.
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