# 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 a licensed public service channel with a view to their first showing on television in the United Kingdom being either—
(i) on that channel, or
(ii) in the case of a Channel 3 service, on that service or on another Channel 3 service; and
(b) are European programmes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110492838/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-broadcasting-original-productions-order-2004/article-3
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