F1Part 14AFilms, television programmes and video games
Chapter 4Films and television programmes
Qualifying television programmes
1179DISlot length and hourly cost conditions
(1)
A television programme that consists of distinct episodes meets the slot length condition if the slot length of each episode is greater than 20 minutes.
(2)
A television programme that does not consist of distinct episodes meets the slot length condition if the slot length of the programme is greater than 20 minutes.
(3)
A television programme meets the hourly cost condition if the average core expenditure per hour of slot length in relation to the programme is at least £1 million.
(4)
In this section, “slot length” means the period of time which the episode or (as the case may be) programme is commissioned to fill.