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Television Broadcast Licensing Update February 2012

Television services licensed in this period

Licence Type Licensee Service Name
DTAS Associated Newspapers Limited Mail Travel TV
TLCS Awraas TV Limited Awraas TV
TLCS BL Media Limited Nurs TV
TLCS International Television Channel Europe Limited Channel 9
TLCS ITV Broadcasting Limited ITV1+1 Westcountry
TLCS ITV Broadcasting Limited ITV1+1 West
TLCS ITV Broadcasting Limited ITV1+1 Tyne Tees
TLCS ITV Broadcasting Limited ITV1+1 Anglia
TLCS Millennium Media House Limited Klear


Full contact details (by channel name) are available on Ofcoms website under Ofcom Licensing / Television Broadcast Licensing.

Television services that have ceased to be licensed (handed back or revoked) in this period

The following services are no longer licensed.

The relevant licence is either:

  • no longer required by the licensee so has been handed back, or the service has been removed from a licence covering multiple services, or;
  • revoked as a matter of routine (usually for non-payment of the annual licence fee).
  • the licensee ceases to exist (has been liquidated or become dissolved)
Licence Type Licensee Service Name
TLCS Punjab Network Limited Apna Punjab
TLCS Rainbow Television Limited Rainbow TV
TLCS Supreme Master Television Limited Supreme Master TV
TLCS Walt Disney Company Limited Disney Channel (Poland)
TLCS Walt Disney Company Limited Disney Junior (Eastern Europe +)

 

Ofcom can also revoke licences for a number of reasons relating to the conditions of the licence. In such cases Ofcom will normally publish a statement setting out the reasons for the revocation.

Licence transfers

The following licence has been transferred to a new company who is now the legal licensee.

Licence Type Previous Licensee New Licensee Service Name
TLCS AV 03 Limited IBC TV Limited Sharqiya TV
TLCS Channel S Global Limited Islam 4U Limited Islam 4U

 

Service Name Changes

The following licensees have changed the name of their service.

Licence Type Licensee Previous Service Name  New Service Name
TLCS British Sky Broadcasting Limited Sky Sports HD 1 Sky Sports 1 (HD)
TLCS British Sky Broadcasting Limited Sky Sports HD 2 Sky Sports 2 (HD)
TLCS British Sky Broadcasting Limited Sky Sports (HD) 3 Sky Sports 3 (HD)
TLCS British Sky Broadcasting Limited Sky Sports ((HD) 4 Sky Sports 4 (HD)
TLCS CSC Media Group Limited NME TV BuzMuzik
TLCS E Entertainment UK Limited E! Entertainment Television (Poland) E! Turkey
TLCS KM TV Limited Planet Turk MaxClub TV
TLCS KM TV Limited Planet Sinema TRF TV
TLCS Playboy TV UK/Benelux Limited Beachbody TV Celebrity Shop
TLCS SPI TV Limited Filmbox Extra (Czech Republic and Slovakia) Filmbox Plus (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
TLCS SPI TV Limited FILMBOX (Czech Republic and Slovakia) FILMBOX (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania and Hungary)
TLCS UTV Entertainment Television Limited UTV Stars India UMP Stars

 

Other Notices

The Licences for Multiplex C and Multiplex D have been renewed for 12 years from 16 November 2014:

Licence Type Previous Licensee
Notices of renewal for Multiplex Chttp://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/current-licensees/multiplex/mc/
Notices of renewal for Multiplex Dhttp://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/current-licensees/multiplex/md/

 

TLCS - Television Licensable Content Service Licence
DTAS - Digital Television Additional Service Licence

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