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Television Broadcast Licensing Update December 2010

Television services licensed in this period

Licence Type Licensee Service Name
TLCS Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited Adult Swim
TLCS Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited Cartoon Network (Central Eastern Europe)
TLCS Plus Media TR Limited Genc TV
TLCS KM TV Limited Music Turk
TLCS KM TV Limited Planet Cocuk
TLCS KM TV Limited Planet Pembe
TLCS KM TV Limited Planet Sinema
TLCS KM TV Limited Planet Turk
TLCS SBS Broadcasting Networks Limited PRO4
TLCS Plus Media TR Limited Super TV
TLCS Discovery Communications Europe Limited TLC (Romania)

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 Terra TV Ltd Kairali TV

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.

Service Name Changes

The following TLCS licensees have changed the name of their service.

Licence Type Licensee Previous Service Name New Service Name
TLCS Zonemedia Broadcasting Limited Zone Horror (Netherlands) ?TV
TLCS SBS Broadcasting Networks Limited Kanal 6 6'eren
TLCS Vedic Broadcasting Network (UK) Limted Technical TV Aastha*
TLCS CBS Chellozone UK Channels Partnership Zone Two CBS Action HD*
TLCS CBS Chellozone UK Channels Partnership Extreme Sport Channel (SA) CBS Drama HD*
TLCS Coloured Rocks Limited Gem Collector Gems TV Extra
TLCS Baltic Media Alliance Limited First Baltic Channel Mir Baltic
TLCS Travel Channel International Limited Rocks TV Retail Therapy TV
TLCS British Sky Broadcasting Limited Sky Showcase Sky Christmas (+HD)
TLCS KM TV Limited D Shopping Sports TV
TLCS Viasat Broadcasting UK Limited ZTV (Sweden) Viasat 3D

* Please see licence transfer below.

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 Open Access Group Limited Vedic Broadcasting Network (UK) Limted Aastha*
TLCS Zonemedia Broadcasting Limited CBS Chellozone UK Channels Partnership CBS Action HD*
TLCS Zonemedia Broadcasting Limited CBS Chellozone UK Channels Partnership CBS Drama HD*

*see previous service name above

TLCS - Television Licensable Content Service Licence

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