Digital Broadcasting and Radio

(asked on 23rd March 2023) - View Source

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including measures on supporting providers of (a) radio and (b) other audio services on digital platforms in the forthcoming Media Bill.


Answered by
Julia Lopez Portrait
Julia Lopez
Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 29th March 2023

The Government has today published Command Paper CP 822, which contains a draft Media Bill.

The draft Bill contains measures which will ensure that UK radio remains available to listeners via their smart speakers over the coming years, while providing scope for innovative collaboration and partnerships between stations and the smart speaker platforms.

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