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Lisa Nandy

UK Culture Secretary; holds final sign-off on the Sky-ITV deal.

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Key Question

Why does one government minister get the final say on the Sky-ITV deal?

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Common Questions
Who has final approval over the Sky-ITV deal?
Lisa Nandy, UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport since July 2024, holds final sign-off authority over Sky's roughly £1.6bn acquisition of ITV's broadcast and streaming Arm.Source: event
What protections did Lisa Nandy secure in the Sky-ITV deal?
The signed deal protects ITV's public-service broadcasting status to 2034 and newsroom contracts to at least 2030, conditions attached under the Culture Secretary's review.Source: event

Background

Lisa Nandy holds final sign-off authority as UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport over Sky's roughly £1.6bn acquisition of ITV's broadcast and streaming Arm, formally signed on 6 July 2026 with ITV's public-service broadcasting status protected to 2034.

Nandy has served as Culture Secretary in the Labour government since July 2024 and is the MP for Wigan, a seat she has held since 2010. She previously held shadow cabinet brief roles before Labour's return to power, and has positioned her department's media brief around public-service broadcasting resilience amid consolidation and AI disruption.

Her department's review of the Sky-ITV deal is one of the most consequential UK media-ownership decisions of the year, testing how FAR the government will let broadcast consolidation proceed provided public-service commitments, such as newsroom protections to 2030, are locked in as conditions.