Part 3

Television and Radio Services
Chapter 3

Regulatory Structure for Independent Radio Services

Radio licensable content services

Meaning of “radio licensable content services”
247
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.