Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Tuesday, 24 June 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 30 June 2014 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 30 June 2014. A substantive answer was provided by Lord Vaizey of Didcot (Conservative) on Friday, 18 July 2014 on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Local Broadcasting: Television
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what plans he has for the issuing of further licences for local television.
- Answer
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As part of our Local TV licencing programme, Ofcom advertised the following locations with a deadline of 7 January 2014: Barnstaple, Basingstoke, Derry/Londonderry, Gloucester, Guildford, Limavady, Luton, Maidstone, Plymouth, Reading and Salisbury and Ofcom is in the process of considering the resulting applications. Out of these locations, Ofcom only received applications for five: Reading, Basingstoke, Guildford, Salisbury and Maidstone. The licences for Reading, Salisbury and Guildford have been awarded by Ofcom (on 3 June 2014) and Ofcom expects to be able to make a decision on the remaining two locations, namely Basingstoke and Maidstone shortly.
Ofcom plans to invite applications for further areas later this year.
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- 202202
- Session
- 2014-15
- Subjects
- Local broadcasting Television
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