Section 362AO: Duties relating to a regulated television selection service

Communications Act 2003 · 2003 c. 21View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3A: Prominence on television selection services

A provider of a regulated television selection service must secure that the manner in which its service presents internet programme services to its users in the United Kingdom gives an appropriate degree of prominence to each of the designated internet programme services included in its service.

Subsection (1) does not require that a designated internet programme service be given prominence, or the same degree of prominence, in relation to every area of the United Kingdom.

The reference in subsection (1) to giving an appropriate degree of prominence to a designated internet programme service included in a regulated television selection service includes a reference to giving an appropriate degree of prominence to—

material that is public service remit content or contributes to the promotion of one or more of the BBC's public purposes included in that designated internet programme service, and
any listed channel included in that designated internet programme service,

so far as the prominence of that material or channel is affected by the operation of the regulated television selection service.

A provider of a regulated television selection service must incorporate features in the service that secure that persons with disabilities, in particular those affecting their sight or hearing or both—

are able, so far as practicable, to make use of the service for all the same purposes as persons without disabilities; and
are informed about, and are able to make use of, whatever assistance for disabled people is provided in relation to the internet programme services included in the service.

In this section "assistance for disabled people" has the same meaning as in Part 3 (see section 362(1)).

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