On 30 January 2023, the Media Bill was passed by the House of Commons after the third reading. The Bill aims to amend the Communications Act 2003 by giving the Office of Communications (Ofcom) new powers to regulate "on-demand programme services". Furthermore, video-on-demand providers not currently regulated in the UK but who target and profit from UK audiences will also be brought under Ofcom's jurisdiction. The Bill would allow public broadcast providers to make their programmes available on a wide range of services, including on-demand services. The Bill further empowers Ofcom to monitor the number of genres delivered to ensure a broad offering of genres. Under the Bill, Ofcom could also set quotas if it considers the delivered level of public service content on the linear services to be unsatisfactory. The Bill will now go to the House of Lords for its first reading.
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