SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 14Media ownership rules

Part 1Channel 3 services

Ban on newspaper proprietors holding Channel 3 licences

1

(1)

A person is not to hold a licence to provide a Channel 3 service if—

(a)

he runs a national newspaper which for the time being has a national market share of 20 per cent. or more; or

(b)

he runs national newspapers which for the time being together have a national market share of 20 per cent. or more.

F1(2)

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(3)

For the purposes of this paragraph, where there is a licence to provide a Channel 3 service, each of the following shall be treated as holding that licence—

(a)

the actual licence holder; and

(b)

every person connected with the actual licence holder.