Article 2 Interpretation

In this Order—

• “ancillary service” has the meaning given in section 24(2) of the Broadcasting Act 1996^f1;

• “broadcasting channel” means one of the frequency bands listed in column 2 of Table 1 in the Schedule and which is commonly known and referred to by the broadcasting channel number which is listed opposite that frequency band in column 1 of that Table;

• “local digital television programme service” has the meaning given in article 3 of the Local Digital Television Programme Services Order 2012^f2;

• “MHz” means megahertz;

• “multiplex licence” means a multiplex licence awarded by OFCOM for a local multiplex service pursuant to section 8 of the Broadcasting Act 1996^f3 as it has effect as modified by Article 4 of, and the Schedule to, the Local Digital Television Programme Services Order 2012;

• “multiplex licensee” means the holder of a multiplex licence;

• “standard definition television service” means a digital television programme service, as defined in section 362(1) of the Communications Act 2003^f4, which is broadcast in a format designed to display the images comprising a television programme by employing 576 active lines of pixels per frame.