Recommendation 4

While we acknowledge the UK Government has made a commitment to maintain Freeview for a significant number of years yet, we see no reason why the forthcoming Ofcom review should prevent the UK Government from giving certainty of continued coverage beyond 2034 to households in Scotland reliant on Freeview at the earliest opportunity. We recommend that the UK Government signal that it will maintain Freeview beyond 2034. To support this, the UK Government should fully capitalise on the upcoming World Radiocommunication Conference in November and place Freeview high up the agenda to help address this uncertainty as soon as possible. (Paragraph 35) Broadcast of sporting events