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

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has held discussions with the Competition and Markets Authority on the implications for UK consumers of further consolidation in the global streaming and entertainment market.

In our Creative Industries Sector Plan DCMS set out how the TV market is transforming, including where the convergence of broadcast, on-demand and video sharing markets is leading to greater consolidation as broadcasters and streaming services seek economies of scale and other strategic advantages. That is why we have committed to supporting our domestic TV companies, including our public service media, to ensure UK viewers continue to benefit from a wide range of high quality original programming. We will also ask the Competition and Markets Authority, working with Ofcom, to set out how changes in the sector could be taken into account as part of any future assessment of the television and advertising markets.