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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—

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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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Textual amendments

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Art. 3(a) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Broadcasting (Regional Programme-making and Original Productions) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1228), regs. 1(1), 3(2)