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 th...

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 Type: recommendation | Number: 7 | Paragraph: 42 | Response status: response_pending