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Sections
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Executive Summary
- Being Digital
- A Competitive Digital Communications Infrastructure
- Radio: Going Digital
- Creative Industries in the Digital World
- Public Service Content in Digital Britain
- Research, Education and Skills for Digital Britain
- Digital Security and Safety
- The Journey to Digital Government
- Delivering Digital Britain
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About this site
Delivering Digital Britain
The Digital Britain project
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
1. Digital Britain started in October 2008 and we published our Interim Report on 29 January setting out the framework of our ambition and 22 immediate Actions to take forward.
2. This Report represents the culmination of a significant process of stakeholder engagement, discussion and debate [...]
The final report
3. The Report published today represents both the culmination of that process and the first step in delivering the Digital Britain agenda over the coming months.
4. Alongside this document today, we are publishing a number of key additional pieces:
Consultation on a proposal to legislate to give Ofcom a duty to take steps to reduce [...]
→ Read moreAreas for legislative change
5. This document identifies a number of areas for legislative change. Broadly, these areas are:
Intellectual Property protection: introducing measures on copyright licensing to tackle illegal file sharing aimed at deterring online copyright infringement.
Radio: changing the radio licensing regime to enable digital coverage to be extended and encourage investment by the commercial sector, alongside the BBC, [...]
Timetable for further action
7. This Report has identified a number of outcomes, proposals and recommendations that will require further action, engagement or formal consultation. The table below sets out the major areas for further activity and their timing (click to enlarge):
→ Read moreThe international dimension
8. The UK is strongly regarded as innovative in both technology and in the creative industries by those customers of British companies and by those who have already established a base in the UK. However, our reputation is often impeded by out of date notions about British capability, creativity and strength of innovation. Within the [...]
→ Read moreThe next steps
13. The actions in this Digital Britain Report represent an ambitious and far-reaching programme of work in which Government, Ofcom and all parts of the industry must play their part. Some of these actions can be carried out immediately, some will require a longer implementation period, and some are longer term targets which will only [...]
→ Read moreCase study - Teacher
Students of Emily Segal are encouraged to do something banned in most secondary schools: to use their MP3 players in the class-room.
The head of music at a leading state school in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, uses digital technology to record pupil progress, experiment with sound mixing and download the latest class-room compositions.
“We also use SD cards, [...]
