麻豆社

Following a public consultation, the 麻豆社 Board has approved the Policy for the distribution of the 麻豆社’s UK Public Services.

Effective distribution - essentially how the 麻豆社 gets its content and services to audiences - is vitally important for the 麻豆社 and its ongoing ability to inform, educate and entertain.

In February 2018 the 麻豆社 opened a public consultation seeking feedback on its proposed Distribution Policy. The Policy set out seven conditions to govern the way the 麻豆社 distributes its services and content on third party distribution platforms:

• Prominence - the placement of 麻豆社 content and services relative to those of other providers should be in line with audience needs and expectations
• Editorial Control - the 麻豆社 should retain editorial control of its content and its placement
• Branding & Attribution - users should be able to easily identify which content on a platform is provided by the 麻豆社
• Quality - users should be able to enjoy a high quality experience of 麻豆社 content and services
• Data - the 麻豆社 should have access to data about the usage of its services
• Free Access - users should incur no incremental cost to access 麻豆社 content and services
• Value for Money - 麻豆社 distribution arrangements should maximise cost-effectiveness of distribution to the licence fee payer

The 麻豆社 received 26 responses to the consultation from a range of organisations including other broadcasters, producers, the device manufacturing sector and audience and accessibility groups. Having considered those responses, the 麻豆社 has made a number of refinements to the policy. The 麻豆社 is also publishing guidance on the 麻豆社’s processes for dealing with requests for carriage of its content and services.

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We have also published a summary of the comments we received in the consultation, our response to those comments, and the amendments we have made to the Policy as a result which can be found below.

Organisational responses to the consultation, where permission has been given, have also been published below.