BBC Trust

The rapidly changing broadcasting landscape, technological developments, and demographic changes in Wales will be the subject of discussion at a seminar hosted by Professor Elan Closs Stephens BBC National Trustee for Wales today (Friday 21 November). The BBC Trust’s Audience Council Wales is bringing together around 50 key individuals in the media and public life from all parts of Wales for a seminar on “Serving All Audiences” at BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff Bay. There will be keynote speeches from BBC Director of Strategy and Digital, James Purnell, and Director BBC Cymru Wales, Rhodri Talfan Davies.

Prof Elan Closs Stephens, who chairs Audience Council Wales said:

"The broadcasting landscape is changing rapidly with technological developments seeming to appear ever more swiftly. What does this mean for the BBC’s mission in Wales? What does an increasingly diverse population in Wales think the Licence Fee should be providing for it? These are key questions for BBC Audience Council Wales in ensuring that the BBC listens to people in Wales. To do that it must also be clear about what Wales’s population looks like in 2014 and what that means for the BBC’s TV, radio and online services. We will consider how well the BBC currently reflects the many communities that exist in Wales."

Notes to editors

1. A report on the event will be published on the BBC Audience Council Wales website (bbc.co.uk/audiencecouncilwales) during December 2014.
2. BBC Audience Council Wales was established under the present Royal Charter in 2007 and advises the BBC Trust on the views of Welsh audiences about the BBC’s services.
3. The speakers at the event are:

• James Purnell, BBC Director of Strategy and Digital,
• Glyn Jones, Head of Statistical Services, Welsh Government,
• Rhodri Talfan Davies, Director BBC Cymru Wales.