Broadcasting Act 1990

201 Programme services

(1) In this Act “programme service” means any of the following services (whether or not it is, or it requires to be, licensed under this Act), namely—

(a) any television broadcasting service or other television programme service (within the meaning of Part I of this Act);

(b) any sound broadcasting service or licensable sound programme service (within the meaning of Part III of this Act);

(c) any other service which consists in the sending, by means of a telecommunication system, of sounds or visual images or both either—

(i) for reception at two or more places in the United Kingdom (whether they are so sent for simultaneous reception or at different times in response to requests made by different users of the service); or

(ii) for reception at a place in the United Kingdom for the purpose of being presented there to members of the public or to any group of persons.

(2) Subsection (1)(c) does not apply to—

(a) a local delivery service (within the meaning of Part II of this Act);

(b) a service where the running of the telecommunication system does not require to be licensed under Part II of the [1984 c. 12.] Telecommunications Act 1984; or

(c) a two-way service (as defined by section 46(2)(c)).