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  29.09.2023

  United Kingdom

  DCMS Select Committee Final Report on Draft Media Bill: levelling the regulatory playing field for VOD and linear services

  On 22 September 2023, the DCMS Select Committee (the “Committee”) published its final report on the draft Media Bill (the “draft Bill”). The report follows on from the Committee’s interim report on the draft Bill’s radio measures (which was back in July), focusing on the remainder of its provisions. In this article, we explore the Committee’s findings in respect of the proposed enhanced regulation for video-on-demand services (set out in Part 4 of the draft Bill).In the report, the Committee makes three recommendations: 1. In the same way that the...

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  28.09.2023

  United Kingdom

  DCMS Select Committee Final Report on Draft Media Bill: significant changes to the prominence regime

  On 22 September 2023, the DCMS Select Committee (the “Committee”) published its final report on the draft Media Bill (the “draft Bill”). The report follows on from the Committee’s interim report on the draft Bill’s radio measures (which was back in July), focusing on the remainder of its provisions. In this article, we explore the Committee’s findings in respect of the new prominence regime (set out in Part 2 of the draft Bill).In the report, the Committee makes four recommendations: 1. The draft Bill should be revised to provide that regulated television...

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  26.09.2023

  United Kingdom

  A Roadmap to a Resilient AI Ecosystem: Policy Considerations for the UK

  According to a recent briefing paper published by the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS) and the Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR), the UK is inadequately resilient to the risks posed by AI. CLTR is an independent think tank with a focus on resilience, while CETaS is a research centre based at the UK’s national institute for AI and data science (the Alan Turing Institute).Calling for decisive action by the UK government, the briefing paper (‘Strengthening Resilience to AI Risk: A guide for UK policymakers’) sets out a suggested framework for identifying and...

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  26.09.2023

  United Kingdom

  DCMS Select Committee publishes its Final Report on the draft Media Bill

  The DCMS Select Committee (the “Committee”) published its Final Report on the draft Media Bill (the “Bill”) on 22 September 2023, in which the Committee called on the Government to make several significant changes to the Bill.Among the Committee’s key recommendations are the following:public sector broadcasters’ designated content and services to be given ‘significant’ rather than ‘appropriate’ prominence on regulated television selection services (e.g. popular smart TVs);the new Video-on-Demand (“VoD”) code should apply to...

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  25.09.2023

  United Kingdom

  Gambling Commission suspends licence of online gambling operator In Touch Games Limited

  The Gambling Commission (the “Commission”) announced on 1 September 2023 that it had immediately suspended the operating licences of In Touch Games Limited (“ITG”) in accordance with section 118(2) of the Gambling Act 2005 (the “Act”). This comes after the Commission imposed a £6.1m fine on ITG in January 2023 and is therefore the fourth time that ITG has faced regulatory action – in 2019, it paid a £2.2m settlement for regulatory failures and in 2021, it received a £3.4m fine and warning for further failures.ITG’s operating licence...

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  22.09.2023

  United Kingdom

  Consultation on EPG Regulation

  On 20 September 2023, Lucy Frazer, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, announced a new consultation on the regulation of additional electronic programme guides ("EPGs"), which was published on the same day.In her speech at the Royal Television Society Convention, Lucy Frazer spoke about:the growth of internet-provided TV, with research indicating that 74% of homes now have a smart TV connected to the internet; andthe rapid increase in the number of free unregulated ad-supported internet TV channels ("FAST").The 8-week consultation, which is open until 15 November 2023, is focused...

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