Media and creative industries

Guidance and regulation

Loot boxes in video games: update on improvements to industry-led protections
- Detailed guide
- 18 July 2023
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Broadcasting and video on-demand services between the UK and EU
- Detailed guide
- 31 December 2020
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
The government’s work on music streaming
- Detailed guide
- 19 February 2024
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Intellectual Property Office
Public Interest Intervention Notice issued by Secretary of State Lucy Frazer on the anticipated acquisition of Telegraph Media Group Limited by RB Investco Limited
- Notice
- 26 January 2024
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Public Interest Intervention Notice issued by Secretary of State Lucy Frazer
- Notice
- 30 November 2023
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Joe Wicks and government join forces to get children moving
- 15 July 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care and Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Press release
Powering Britain's future: Electricity bills to be slashed for over 7,000 businesses in major industry shake-up
- 22 June 2025
- Department for Business and Trade, Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street, HM Treasury, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Industrial Strategy Advisory Council
- Press release
Enter our competition to be Ambassador for a Day in Armenia 2025
- 14 February 2025
- World news story
£60 million boost for creative industries to turbocharge growth
- 17 January 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Press release
Plan to tackle greedy ticket touts and give power back to fans
- 10 January 2025
- Department for Business and Trade and Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Press release

Evaluation of the British Fashion Council’s NEWGEN programme
- 18 July 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Research
Evaluation of the UK Games Fund
- 18 July 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Research
Economic Estimates: Earnings 2024 for DCMS Sectors
- 11 June 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Official statistics
Economic Estimates: Employment October 2023 to September 2024 for DCMS Sectors
- 11 June 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- National statistics
Future of TV distribution audience research
- 8 May 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Research

Consultation on The draft Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) (No.2) Regulations 2025
- 16 July 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Open consultation
- Closing date 16 September 2025
Consultation on The Enterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2024
- 14 July 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 09 July 2024
Creative Industries Sector Plan
- 23 June 2025
- Department for Business and Trade and Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Policy paper
Evaluation of the Create Growth Programme (CGP) 2022 to 2024
- 20 June 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Policy paper
Media Act: supporting documents
- 6 May 2025
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- Policy paper