Examples of BBC Agreement in a sentence
Equity Agreement The current or any previous Equity /BBC Agreement or any subsequent replacement or variation thereof.
These include the requirements in the BBC Agreement, the Code on Television Access Services (which sets out how much subtitling, signing and audio description relevant licensees must provide), the Code on Electronic Programme Guides, the Code on Listed Events, and the Cross Promotion Code.
Clause 46 of the BBC Agreement which accompanies the BBC Charter states that the BBC must observe certain standards set by Ofcom under section 319 of the Act, including those relating to the application of generally accepted standards so as to provide adequate protection for the public from harmful or offensive material (s.319(2)(f)).
The BBC Agreement has been amended to reflect this and to introduce changes to the governance of the World Service including, in particular, the issuing by the BBC Trust of an “Operating Licence”.
The legal basis for actually paying the proposed aid comes from the BBC Agreement as amended by Clause 7 of the amending Agreement of September 2011, which inserted a new clause 95A dealing with local TV into the main BBC Agreement.
The BBC is subject to similar requirements under paragraph 12 of Schedule 3 to the BBC Agreement.
Clauses 93 and 94 of the BBC Agreement set out the possible sanctions that Ofcom can impose against the BBC in relation to a breach of the Code.
The BBC Agreement (2016) states that the BBC should make its public services widely available: The BBC must do all that is reasonably practicable to ensure that viewers, listeners and other users (as the case may be) are able to access the UK Public Services that are intended for them, or elements of their content, in a range of convenient and cost effective ways which are available or might become available in the future.
All alternative finance for the World Service must comply with all regulatory requirements, including the BBC’s Royal Charter and the BBC Agreement, and the general law including the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (to the extent it is applicable to the World Service)16 and state aid law.
Obligations are set out in the commercial PSBs’ licences and in the BBC Agreement and Charter.