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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only a handful of times the UK media regulator had declined to renew the licence of an incumbent station. The prospective loss of the franchise brought...
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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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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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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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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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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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Play) is a video on demand service owned by UKTV, which is operated by the BBC's commercial subsidiary BBC Studios. The service launched on 4 August 2014...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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upon Tyne community radio station NE1fm, and previously other Restricted Service Licence broadcasts Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for Tics, a form...
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launched on Virgin Media alongside Boomerang HD, replacing the SD feed on the service. Virgin Media UK: Channel 706 (HD) Now TV: Watch live Sky: Channel 610...
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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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Demon FM (section Community Radio Licence)
April 1996 to 19 May 1996. Demon FM continued to broadcast on Restricted Service Licences until 2008 with the last of the RSL broadcasts taking place on...
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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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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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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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as the holding company of GB News in September 2019, and was granted a licence to broadcast by Ofcom in January 2020. GB News was founded by Andrew Cole...
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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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