Digital Britain report: the key points

Digital Britain - the changing face
Digital Britain - the changing face

Communications Minister Lord Carter has released his long-awaited Digital Britain interim report, making key recommendations on file sharing, policing the internet and the future of Channel 4, as well as urging that broadband connections should be a right for all UK citizens.

Lord Carter's full report will not be published until June, but his interim report, which has been shown to senior media and telecommunications executives, is now available to the public. It lays out recommendations for key changes that will shape the future of Britain's digital industries.

Marc Chacksfield

Marc Chacksfield is the Editor In Chief, Shortlist.com at DC Thomson. He started out life as a movie writer for numerous (now defunct) magazines and soon found himself online - editing a gaggle of gadget sites, including TechRadar, Digital Camera World and Tom's Guide UK. At Shortlist you'll find him mostly writing about movies and tech, so no change there then.