{"value":{"id":1817447,"askingMemberId":5134,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-06-27T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-07-01T00:00:00","uin":"63464","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to paragraph 7.17 of the Ofcom consultation paper entitled Listed events: Implementing the Media Act, published on 13 June 2025, whether she plans to take steps to help support public service broadcasters to acquire listed events.","answeringBodyId":217,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Culture, Media and Sport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4607,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-07-07T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>While the Government wants to see sporting events of national interest shown on free-to-air so that they can be enjoyed by a wide audience, decisions made around the coverage of specific listed events are commercial ones made between public service broadcasters (PSBs) and the rights holders independent of Government.</p><p>We recognise that the media landscape is going through a period of rapid change which means both challenges and opportunities for our PSBs.</p><p>We will support PSBs by building on Ofcom’s Public Service Media review and take action to support them, as we set out in the Creative Industries Sector Plan.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Listed Events: Public Service Broadcasting","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1817447","method":"GET"}]}