Licensing of Channel 3 and Channel 5: A report to the Secretary of State under section 229 of the Communications Act 2003

Title
Licensing of Channel 3 and Channel 5: A report to the Secretary of State under section 229 of the Communications Act 2003
Date
23 May 2012
Link
http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/broadcasting/tv/c3-c5-licensing
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Publisher
Ofcom
Category
Surveys and Reports
Subject
five; ITV; Television
Inactive
No
Description
In this report Ofcom, as required by the Communications Act 2003, reports to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the matter of the renewal of Channel 3 and Channel 5’s broadcast licences which are due to expire on 31 December 2014. The report finds that the Channel 3 and 5 licensees could continue to make a sufficient contribution to the fulfilment of public service purposes, but that the options open to the Secretary of State - to ask Ofcom to auction the licences or extend them pending new communications legislation - remain credible and could offer benefits to citizens and consumers.

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