# Broadcasting (Original Productions) Order 2004, 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—
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1652/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/broadcasting-original-productions-order-2004/article-3
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