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Part 3Television and Radio Services

Chapter 3Regulatory Structure for Independent Radio Services

Radio licensable content services

247Meaning of “radio licensable content services”

(1)In this Part “radio licensable content service” means (subject to section 248) any service falling within subsection (2) in so far as it is provided with a view to its availability for reception by members of the public being secured by one or both of the following means—

(a)the broadcasting of the service (whether by the person providing it or by another) from a satellite; or

(b)the distribution of the service (whether by that person or by another) by any means involving the use of an electronic communications network.

(2)A service falls within this subsection if it—

(a)consists of sound programmes; and

(b)is provided (whether in digital or in analogue form) as a service that is to be made available for reception by members of the public.