Birmingham should be the home of a digital service planned to rival the BBC, the editor of The Birmingham Post has said.

Marc Reeves said that the city was well placed to host the Public Service Publisher, or PSP, announced by regulator Ofcom in January.

The PSP would be aimed at providing community-focused content on all electronic forms of visual media, from mobile phones to laptops. It could receive public funding of up to #100 million a year and would act as an alternative to the BBC.

Ofcom also announced that it would like the PSP to be located outside of London. Mr Reeves said: "The new PSP is going to be a very organic and loose collection of creative businesses and individuals producing content on digital platforms.

"Birmingham is an ideal location for this because of the growing number of software houses, television production companies and other creative organisations that are thriving it the city's. It also benefits from its proximity to London."

Mr Reeves' comments come ahead of a Birmingham Post business breakfast meeting with Philip Graf, deputy chairman of Ofcom, on April 13.

Mr Graf – who is also the former chief executive of The Birmingham Post's current owners Trinity Mirror – will speak on Ofcom's vision for the PSP and other current media regulatory issues. The breakfast is an official 'fringe' event for the NUJ Annual Conference, which celebrates the union's founding in the city. It will be held at the Club House at the Holiday Inn, Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham at 7am for 7.15am. Contact Andrea Hales at andrea_hales@mrn.co.uk for tickets.