The Digital Britain Report is the Government’s strategic vision for ensuring that the UK is at the leading edge of the global digital economy. It is an example of industrial activism in a crucial growth sector.
The report contains actions and recommendations to ensure first rate digital and communications infrastructure to promote and protect talent and innovation in our creative industries, to modernize TV and radio frameworks, and support local news, and it introduces policies to maximize the social and economic benefits from digital technologies
Direct to Complete Report (by Chapters)
Direct to Overview and Conclusions (PDF)
Source: Department for Culture, Media, and Sport
See Also: Comments by Dame Lynne Brindley, Chief Executive of the British Library has responded to Lord Carter’s long-awaited Digital Britain report by urging the Government to address three critical pillars of digital research and education:
+ the need to digitise the ‘goldmine’ of content held by national institutions;
+ the need to update the UK’s intellectual property regime for the 21st century
+ the urgent need to develop digital literacy skills for all.
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