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'Crown jewel’ sporting events could go behind paywall without new law, claim BBC and ITV

TV chiefs say 'urgent changes are required' for public sector broadcasters - Paul Grover

“Crown jewel” sporting events such as the Olympics and World Cup risk going behind a paywall unless the Government presses ahead with new legislation, the bosses of BBC and ITV warn.

In a joint letter published in The Telegraph, the BBC’s director-general and ITV’s chief executive make a plea to ministers to introduce a media bill “needed to secure the future of British broadcasting and allow it to prosper”.

In the letter, Tim Davie and Carolyn McCall, the bosses at BBC and ITV respectively, warn that “urgent changes are required” if public sector broadcasters are to maintain their role as “the bedrock of great British content”.

The letter, also signed by the bosses of Channel 5, STV and S4C, reminds the Government of its commitment to introduce a new media bill almost 20 years after the last one.

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