Question follow-through · 27335
Sports: Broadcasting
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the level of accessibility of live coverage of major national and international sporting events for viewers who do not subscribe to paid stream
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- Tabled
- 4 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the level of accessibility of live coverage of major national and international sporting events for viewers who do not subscribe to paid stream
8 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Government wants to see certain sporting events of national interest shown on free-to-air television so that they can be enjoyed by a wide audience, and recognises the importance of broadcasting sporting events to attract significant audience interest...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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