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Open consultation: Consultation on the renewal of local TV licences

Department For Culture Media Sport

August 30
10:51 2023

The licences for the local TV multiplex, and for all 34 local TV services, are due to expire on 25 November 2025. In the Broadcasting White Paper, Up Next, the government committed to changing the local TV licensing regime to enable the renewal of the local TV multiplex licence until 2034. This would mirror the changes to the national DTT multiplex licensing legislation made in 2021.

This 14-week consultation, which is open to both industry participants and members of the public, sets out the governments proposals for the future of both the multiplex licence, and, in turn, the individual services across the UK.

In summary, the government is consulting on:

  • the arrangements for the renewal of the local TV multiplex licence and the conditions that will form part of this
  • the arrangements for the renewal, or relicensing, of the 34 individual local TV services currently operating across the UK, and the conditions that will form part of this

We are also seeking views on the current statutory objectives for local TV services.

A summary of in-scope responses submitted to this consultation and the governments response will be published in due course, following the closure of the consultation.

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Ways to respond

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Email to:

localtvconsultation@dcms.gov.uk

Write to:

Local TV Consultation
TV & Broadcasting Team
DCMS
4th Floor, 100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ

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