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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I noticed this phrase in the message below from Ofcom:<BR>
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<FONT size=3><FONT color=#d24726><EM>"..... licence obligations, which are designed to provide benefits for TV viewers across the UK while being sustainable for the broadcaster ....."<BR></EM></FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT size=3><FONT color=#000000>It's real pity that the last part of that wording is not incoroprated into Community Radio legislation.</FONT></FONT><BR>
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From: Updates@ofcom.org.uk<BR>Subject: Ofcom update: Ofcom confirms terms for new Channel 4 licence<BR>Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:03:23 +0000<BR>To: <BR><BR>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ofcom today announced that Channel 4’s licence would be renewed for a 10-year period.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ofcom has also confirmed Channel 4’s <FONT color=#d24726>licence obligations, which are designed to provide benefits for TV viewers across the UK while being sustainable for the broadcaster </FONT>over the new licence period from January 2015.</SPAN></P>
<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ofcom has decided that Channel 4’s quota for programming produced outside of England (in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland combined) should triple from its current level of 3 per cent of money spent and hours broadcast to 9 per cent from 2020. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Ofcom concluded that Channel 4’s other licence conditions remain appropriate to the broadcaster’s statutory obligations and these will therefore remain unchanged.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2014/03/11/ofcom-confirms-terms-for-new-channel-4-licence/?utm_source=updates&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=c4-renewal-statement" target=_blank>A news release can be found here</A>. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Diweddariad Ofcom: Ofcom yn cadarnhau telerau trwydded newydd Channel 4</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Heddiw, cyhoeddodd Ofcom y câi trwydded Channel 4 ei hadnewyddu am gyfnod o 10 mlynedd.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mae Ofcom hefyd wedi cadarnhau ymrwymiadau trwydded Channel 4, sydd wedi’u cynllunio i roi buddion i wylwyr teledu ledled y DU, gan aros yn gynaliadwy i’r darlledwr dros gyfnod y drwydded newydd o fis Ionawr 2015 ymlaen.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Mae Ofcom wedi penderfynu y dylai cwota Channel 4 ar gyfer rhaglenni wedi’u cynhyrchu y tu allan i Loegr (yng Nghymru, yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon gyda’i gilydd) dreblu o’r lefel bresennol o 3 y cant o’r arian a warir a’r oriau darlledu i 9 y cant o 2020 ymlaen. </SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Penderfynodd Ofcom fod amodau eraill trwydded Channel 4 yn dal i fod yn briodol i ymrwymiadau statudol y darlledwr, felly ni fydd y rhain yn newid.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=ecxMsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="http://media.ofcom.org.uk/2014/03/11/ofcom-confirms-terms-for-new-channel-4-licence/?lang=cy" target=_blank>Mae datganiad newyddion ar gael yma</A>.</SPAN></P>
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