HC Deb 10 July 2000 vol 353 c416W
17. Mr. Grogan

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement on the implementation of the Broadcasting Act 1989 with regard to television coverage of the 2002 and 2006 football world cup finals tournaments. [128213]

Janet Anderson

In 1998 I extended the list of events protected under Part IV of the Broadcasting Act 1996 to cover all matches in the FIFA World Cup final tournament. Under the terms of that Act, as amended by the Television Broadcasting Regulations 2000, live television coverage of the event must be offered on fair and reasonable terms to broadcasters who meet the qualifying conditions as set out in those regulations and listed in the Independent Television's Code on Listed Events. These broadcasters are currently BBC 1, BBC 2, Channel 3 (ITV) and Channel 4.