MPs slam government for refusing to consider Six Nations listed status

The DCMS committee had called for the competition’s status to be reviewed The Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Committee has made clear its disappointment in the government rejecting its calls to consider the Six Nations’ listed event status. The competition has been the focus of reports that it may go behind a paywall, with the […]

DCMS plans greater diversity in ‘listed’ sports events for free-to-air TV

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) reveals plans for greater diversity in listed sports events. Talking at the Westminster Media Forum Sports Broadcasting event this morning, Alastair Jones, head of UK television policy at DCMS, revealed plans to add a number of women’s and disability sports to the list of ‘crown jewel’ […]