Nadine Dorries urged to restore help for
UK broadcasters competing with global rivals
Children’s television makers have said that distinctly
British programmes for young viewers could vanish from screens and be replaced with imported shows, after ministers quietly closed a £44m fund designed to support the sector.
The Young Audiences Content Fund had been intended to help British broadcasters compete with the globalised children’s output available on
YouTube and cartoons on US streaming services such as
Netflix.