Article 3 Meaning of “original productions” for licensed public service channels
In section 278 of the Communications Act 2003 (programming quotas for original productions), references, in relation to a licensed public service channel, to “original productions” are references to programmes of the following description, namely, programmes which—
F1(a)
are commissioned by or for the provider of a licensed public service channel with a view to their first being made available in the United Kingdom on a service that is a qualifying audiovisual service; and
(b)
are European programmes.