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November Draft Media Bill: What has Changed
A comparison between the March v. November version of the Media Bill.
Part 1 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill - levelling the regulatory playing field between video-on-demand and traditional broadcast linear services
Part 2 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill – listed events regime revisions
Part 3 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill – Smart speakers to fall within the scope of media regulation
Part 4 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill - the de-regulation of analogue commercial radio
Part 5 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill - updates to the public service remit for television
Part 6 of our 7-part series on the First Reading version of the Media Bill – a revised prominence regime for PSBs
Draft Media Bill: 7-Part Series
Commentary on our first impressions of the draft Media Bill.
First impressions of the new Media Bill
Part 1 of our 7-part series – Public service television reforms
Part 2 of our 7-part series – Revised prominence regime
Part 3 of our 7-part series – The future of Channel 4
Part 4 of our 7-part series – VoD regulation
Part 5 of our 7-part series – Commercial radio reforms
Part 6 of our 7-part series – Smart speakers
Part 7 of our 7-part series – Listed events regime revisions
DCMS Select Committee invites comments on the draft Media Bill (April 2023)
What is NOT in the draft Media Bill
In our two-part series we consider what is not included in the draft Media Bill.
What’s NOT in the draft Media Bill: Part 1
What’s NOT in the draft Media Bill: Part 2
Impact Assessments
In this series, we look at the Government’s impact assessments in relation to the proposed changes to the Media Bill.
Media Bill - Impact Assessments – Public Service Television Reforms
Media Bill - Impact Assessments – Online prominence for PSBs
Media Bill - Impact Assessments – Channel 4 Reforms
Media Bill - Impact Assessments – VOD regulation
Media Bill - Impact Assessments – Commercial radio reforms
Media Bill - Impact Assessments – Smart speaker regulation
Media Bill – Impact Assessments – Listed Events and Section 40
DCMS Select Committee Reports
A summary and commentary on the DCMS Select Committee reports on the draft Media Bill.
DCMS Select Committee Report on Draft Media Bill: Radio Measures (July 2023)
DCMS Select Committee Final Report on Draft Media Bill: significant changes to the prominence regime
DCMS Select Committee Final Report on Draft Media Bill: levelling the regulatory playing field for VOD and linear services (September 2023)
DCMS Select Committee Final Report on Draft Media Bill: Reforms to Channel 4 (September 2023)
DCMS Select Committee Final Report on Draft Media Bill: Public Service Television Reforms (September 2023)
DCMS Select Committee Final Report on Draft Media Bill: Listed Events (September 2023)
CMS videos and podcasts
In the wake of its publication, Victoria Gaskell (partner), Sam Oustayiannis (senior associate) and Rebecca Platt (senior associate) analyse the White Paper, drilling down on three interesting areas of reform: enhanced VOD regulation; the revised prominence regime and potential changes to the listed events regime.
Sam Oustayiannis (senior associate) joins Matt Deegan, host of The Media Podcast to discuss the Draft Media Bill and the parts that matter the most for the industry.