Part of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – in the House of Commons at on 11 April 2019.
Margot James
The Minister of State, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The hon. Lady is quite right: on-demand programme services need to catch up. The ofcom proposals were made at the end of last year and are receiving consideration by my Department. In the meantime, best practice guidance has been introduced. It is voluntary at the moment, but for example Netflix has made 100% of its content available with subtitles.
Ofcom is the independent regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services.
Ofcom Web Site http://www.ofcom.org.uk
