Select committee: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 7
Thirteenth Report - Draft Media Bill: Final Report
Published 22 Sep 2023
Paragraph 42
Addressed to Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We welcome the draft Bill limiting the Listed Events regime to Public Service Broadcasters. These events are important sporting occasions with immense cultural and social impact and the regime is critical to the UK’s sporting and media landscape. However, it is unfortunate that the Government has not taken the opportunity to use the legislation to close the loophole that allows an unregulated streaming service to buy the rights for a listed event and put them behind a paywall. We recommend that the Government amend the Media Bill to close the loophole allowing an unregulated streaming service to buy the rights for a listed event and put them behind a paywall.
From: Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, Thirteenth Report - Draft Media Bill: Final Report (HC 1807), paragraph 42, 22 September 2023
Government response
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