Online safety for children and young people
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on online safety for children and young people on 26 November 2024. The debate will be opened by Lola McEvoy MP.
This Breifing looks at the televising of major sporting events.
Broadcasting: listed sporting events (300 KB , PDF)
The Broadcasting Act 1996 gives the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport the power to draw up a list of sporting events of “national interest”. This means the broadcast rights to these events must be offered to the main free-to-air terrestrial broadcasters on “fair and reasonable terms”. The aim is to make sure the events are made available to all television viewers.
The list consists of two groups:
In its April 2022 Broadcasting White Paper (PDF), the Government said that, because of changing viewing habits (eg catch-up and on-demand viewing), it would review the listed events regime and whether its scope should be extended to include digital rights.
Broadcasting: listed sporting events (300 KB , PDF)
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on online safety for children and young people on 26 November 2024. The debate will be opened by Lola McEvoy MP.
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on government support for the horse racing industry on 24 October 2024. The debate will be opened by Nick Timothy MP.
Gambling advertising has been permitted across all British media since 2007, but some are concerned that advertising could encourage harmful or excessive gambling.