Streamer Regulation In UK Confirmed By King’s Speech
deadline.comThe UK’s long-gestating Media Bill, which includes regulation of streaming services in line with broadcasters for the first time, has finally been rubberstamped in the King’s Speech.
King Charles III has just laid out the various laws that will now make their way through parliament – in the process becoming the first King to do so in seven decades – which features the long-awaited Media Bill.
The speech is devised by the UK Prime Minister and read out by the monarch in a centuries-old ceremony in parliament. Published earlier this year, the headline policy in the Media Bill is a move to bring the U.S.
streamers under Ofcom’s regulatory framework, which would mean they can be fined up to £250,000 ($308,000) or restricted in the UK entirely if they break rules around harmful material that have applied to the public broadcasters for decades.
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