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Regulation 2 Internet television equipment

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(1)

Smart televisions and streaming devices are “internet television equipment” for the purposes of Part 3A of the Communications Act 2003.

(2)

In paragraph (1)—

  • “smart television” means a television which is—

    1. (a)

      capable of connecting to the internet; and

    2. (b)

      designed primarily for—

      1. (i)

        enabling the user to select and access programmesf1; and

      2. (ii)

        displaying programmes;

  • “streaming device” means an apparatus which is—

    1. (a)

      capable of connecting to the internet;

    2. (b)

      designed primarily for—

      1. (i)

        enabling the user to select and access programmes; and

      2. (ii)

        displaying programmes; and

    3. (c)

      not able to display programmes by itself.

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Footnotes

f1

Section 362AZ12 of the Communications Act 2003 provides that, in Part 3A of that Act, “programme” means such programme as is described in section 368ZA. Section 368ZA’s description is: “programmes with or without sounds which consist of moving or still images, or of legible text, or of a combination of those things”.