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Last week’s King’s Speech marked the beginning of a new parliamentary session and outlined the government’s legislative programme for the months ahead. Of note to the media sector, was the carryover of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill and the highly-anticipated introduction of the Media Bill.
The 2022 Queen’s speech announced that a ‘Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill (DMCCB)’ would be proposed to regulate the market power of digital service providers. The Bill was eventually introduced earlier this year and can be roughly divided into four parts, with Parts 1 and 2 focusing on digital markets and proposed competition law reforms and Parts 3 and 4 focusing on proposed reforms of consumer law enforcement and on new consumer rights.
Together TV discuss their latest event celebrating 25 years within the UK’s TV landscape, the current challenges facing the sector, and the importance of coming together to create meaningful change in the media industry.
A broad range of organisations interested in sustaining quality journalism have welcomed the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill and its potential to level the relationship between news outlets and tech platforms, while calling for several key measures to ensure that the Bill is as effective as possible.
