A UK Restricted Service Licence (often called an RSL) is typically granted to radio stations and television stations broadcasting within the UK to serve...
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1941. Funding for these services—known administratively as the External Services of the BBC—came not from the domestic licence fee but from government...
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The Superstation began broadcasting under a three-month trial Restricted Service Licence awarded by Ofcom on Saturday 4 September 2004, from the MV Communicator...
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Radio Caroline (section Restricted service licences)
broadcast 24 hours a day via the internet and by the occasional restricted service licence. Currently, the station broadcasts on 648 AM across much of England...
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CBBC (section Other services)
channel on Sky in Ireland on 12 May 2011. The British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) have provided viewers with CBBC and CBeebies since 1 April 2013...
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XFM in London when it had a Restricted Service Licence (RSL), and played a crucial part in its bid for a permanent licence. In 1995, Long moved back up...
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full-time online and on 107.5 FM, the station completed three 28-day restricted service licence broadcasts in November to December 2011, followed by a couple...
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stations Other stations List of hospital radio stations Pirate radio Restricted Service Licence (RSL) List of RSL stations List of student radio stations Other...
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broadcast to various towns and cities under what was known as a Restricted Service Licence. These occupied channels unused by the other broadcasters that...
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magazine launched an FM radio station in Birmingham on a short-term Restricted Service Licence at a frequency of 87.7 FM. The station was broadcast from the...
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stations Other stations List of hospital radio stations Pirate radio Restricted Service Licence (RSL) List of RSL stations List of student radio stations Other...
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IPTV service launched in 2024 by Everyone TV, a joint venture between the country's public broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5. The service offers...
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Independent Local Radio (section Split services)
(later Talksport). The Radio Authority also began to license Restricted Service Licence (RSL) stations – low-power temporary radio stations for special...
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international film and drama, and current affairs. It is required by its licence to air at least 100 hours of new arts and music programmes, 110 hours of...
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Sky's satellite service. It was essentially a barker channel for Sky's main entertainment channel Sky One and its other subscription services, which served...
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broadcast under the terms of Ofcom's Restricted Service Licence regime until the spring of 2011. This restricted the station to a maximum of two 28-day...
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28-day restricted service licence broadcast in December 2006, followed by a couple more in May and December 2007. Originally limited to two restricted service...
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launching a DAB service which anchored London output with news inserts produced by the consortium's news service DNN. The Birmingham licence was sold to Chrysalis...
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when buying age-restricted goods such as alcohol or tobacco). Non-professional drivers are not required to carry a driving licence while driving, but...
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BBC Three (redirect from BBC Three (streaming service))
reclassified before broadcast as a BBC Three programme. "BBC Three Service Licence" (PDF). BBC Trust. September 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original...
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Reuters (redirect from Reuters News Service)
brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in...
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Channel 4 (section Public service remit)
established to provide a fourth television service in the United Kingdom. At the time, the only other channels were the licence-funded BBC1 and BBC2, and a single...
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18 November 2020, WarnerMedia was granted a Czech (RRTV) broadcasting licence for Cartoon Network UK and Ireland, entitled Cartoon Network Eire, with...
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the Machine, Razorlight and Mumford & Sons. Xfm has held 28-day Restricted Service Licence FM broadcasts in a number of British cities, including Manchester...
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to expire in early 2026, allowing for the launch of the Max streaming service in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. In December...
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broadcasting licence reserved for the Republic of Ireland and Malta was moved to the Czech Republic, in accordance with the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive...
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often stylised as NOW) is a subscription over-the-top streaming television service launched in the United Kingdom in 2012. It is operated by Sky Group in...
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upon Tyne community radio station NE1fm, and previously other Restricted Service Licence broadcasts Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics, a form...
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stations Other stations List of hospital radio stations Pirate radio Restricted Service Licence (RSL) List of RSL stations List of student radio stations Other...
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England. It was awarded a five-year community licence by OFCOM in 2008 after several Restricted Service Licence broadcasts. Amber Sound said it would "encourage...
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