Sports: Television

(asked on 14th May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on home nation sports events being televised on free-to-air television.


Answered by
Margot James Portrait
Margot James
This question was answered on 21st May 2018

It is important that people are able to watch national sporting events on free to air television. That is why the law ensures that certain national sporting events are shown to the widest possible audience through the listed events regime. The list of protected events contains a range of competitions in which home nations teams feature including the World Cup Finals and the Six Nations. There are no plans to amend the list.

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