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
The government’s work on music streaming
- Detailed guide
- 19 February 2024
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Intellectual Property Office
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
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
Code of Practice for providers of online social media platforms
- Statutory guidance
- 12 April 2019
- Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & 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