{"id":2279,"date":"2021-08-28T22:06:57","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T22:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legalblog.ie\/?p=2279"},"modified":"2021-09-02T21:38:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T21:38:57","slug":"broadcasting-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/broadcasting-contracts\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadcasting Contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the recommendation of the Contract Awards Committee, the BAI may award broadcasting contracts.\u00a0 The BAI may not award a broadcasting contract to entity without a wireless telegraphy licence issued by the Commission for Communication Regulations.\u00a0 The Commission for Communication Regulations may vary the terms and conditions of be wireless telegraphy licence for the purpose of a broadcasting contract. <span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">The legislation provides for notification procedures in relation to variation of terms and conditions of licence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Minister may suspend wireless telegraphy licences issued to commercial and community radio, television broadcasters and multiplex operators in the event of a national emergency.\u00a0 It may operate or require operation of a service, subject to licence.\u00a0 In such case, the broadcaster or multiplex contractor may receive necessary expenses or compensation.<\/p>\n<p>The BAI may not grant broadcasting contracts to a person convicted of certain offences within the previous five years relating to wireless telegraphy.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_63 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/broadcasting-contracts\/#Contract_Award\" title=\"Contract Award\">Contract Award<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/broadcasting-contracts\/#Content_Contracts\" title=\"Content Contracts\">Content Contracts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/broadcasting-contracts\/#Programme_Guides\" title=\"Programme Guides\">Programme Guides<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/broadcasting-contracts\/#MMD_Must_Carry\" title=\"MMD Must Carry\">MMD Must Carry<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contract_Award\"><\/span>Contract Award<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The procedures for contract award are set out.\u00a0 Applications are initially sought.\u00a0 The legislation sets out the criteria, which \u00a0the awards Committee must consider in relation to the applications for award of a broadcasting contract.\u00a0 The Contracts Award Committee may agree on a common score for each applicant and notify the applicant of the reasons for the decisions, score and the score of the successful applicant.<\/p>\n<p>There is provision for a fast-track procedure in relation to the incumbent broadcaster.\u00a0 This may be adopted by the Contract Awards Committee in the event that there is a limited response to a call for expressions of interest to the awarding of a sound broadcasting contract. The BAI may award temporary or institutional sound broadcasting services.<\/p>\n<p>The terms and conditions applicable to contracts including their duration, change of ownership provisions and provisions in relation to preservation of certain categories of programmes by sound broadcasting contractors is provided for.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Content_Contracts\"><\/span>Content Contracts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The BAI may award content provision contracts to commercial and community radio broadcast and television broadcasters to make their services available on broadcasting platforms such as cable, IPTV, satellite, digital terrestrial television and mobile television systems for reception in Ireland or elsewhere.\u00a0 The contract holder is subject to the broadcaster&#8217;s duties, codes and rules above.<\/p>\n<p>The BAI may award community content provision contracts for community television services to persons who represent local communities. The \u00a0BAI may carry out assessments for the needs of the \u00a0community in terms of broadcasting.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Programme_Guides\"><\/span>Programme Guides<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The BAI may enter contracts for the provision of electronic programme guides, where they are made available and provide information in relation to the schedule the programme material and broadcasting services available in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>There is provision for prioritisation of information regarding broadcasting services by RT\u00c9, TG4 and the television program service contractors.\u00a0 The BAI may, following consultations with the Commission for Communications Regulation prepare rules in respect of electronic programme guides.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"MMD_Must_Carry\"><\/span>MMD Must Carry<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The award of an analogue television broadcasting licence to a television service programme contractor is provided for.\u00a0 Terms and conditions may apply to the television services programme contractor.\u00a0 \u00a0Provision for the continuance of the then existing contracts held by TV3 Television Network Ltd was made.<\/p>\n<p>There are provisions for rules for must-carry on certain MMD system.\u00a0 There are provisions for rules for must-carry of television services provided by RT\u00c9, TG4 and the television program services contractor of national radio services provided by RT\u00c9 and broadcasting contractors and of community content provision contractors on certain types of broadcasting transmission networks.<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2279\" data-postid=\"2279\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2279 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the recommendation of the Contract Awards Committee, the BAI may award broadcasting contracts.\u00a0 The BAI may not award a broadcasting contract to entity without a wireless telegraphy licence issued by the Commission for Communication Regulations.\u00a0 The Commission for Communication Regulations may vary the terms and conditions of be wireless telegraphy licence for the purpose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2279"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2357,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2279\/revisions\/2357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legalblog.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}