C14

Prospective affecting provision: section inserted by Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 (41/2022), s. 40, not commenced as of date of revision.

F179[128A.— In this Chapter—

“appropriate network” has the same meaning as it has in section 77;

“interactive guide” means an interface, transmitted by means of an electronic communications network, by which a person can select a service or programme to view on a platform, appropriate network or satellite television service;

“platform” means a service, transmitted by means of an electronic communications network and accessed by the use of an interactive guide, which re-transmits or makes available more than one audiovisual media service, including at least one audiovisual on-demand media service;

“platform provider” means a person who provides a platform, whether or not the person is also the provider of an interactive guide to the platform;

“public service audiovisual broadcasting service” means an audiovisual broadcasting service which—

(a) is provided by a corporation or a subsidiary of a corporation,

(b) is provided by the holder of a television programme service contract, under that contract, or

(c) is designated under section 128D;

“public service audiovisual on-demand media service” means an audiovisual on-demand media service which—

(a) is provided by a corporation or a subsidiary of a corporation,

(b) is provided by the holder of a television programme service contract, or

(c) is designated under section 128D;

“public service programme” means an audiovisual programme broadcast on a public service audiovisual broadcasting service or made available in a catalogue of a public service audiovisual on-demand media service;

“public service provider” means the provider of a public service audiovisual broadcasting service or a public service audiovisual on‑demand media service;

“satellite television service’” has the same meaning as it has in section 77.]