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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px; font-size: 12pt;">In the licence announcements for the Ramadan period, one of our Clients received a licence for his 30-day broadcast and another was refused a 1-day licence for a prestige sporting event at a world class Olympic venue.</span></div><div style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">Why?<br>Because Ofcom said only one frequency was available drew the one lucky ball from a jar.</div><div style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">In the course of preparation for the licensed broadcast it came up in conversation that the Licensee was very concerned that his award of a licence had prevented another organisation from having a 1-day broadcast - mainly because Ofcom had said that there is only one frequency available.</div><div style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">I quote from his message:<br style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"><br style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"><i style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">"......... </i><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"><i style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">if (he) would prefer to do it this year I would much rather accommodate him. I don't believe our signal reaches (his secluded site) and we could easily reduce it for the day.</i></span><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"><i style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"> </i></span></div><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"><i style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;">Please do convey our offer to him. I believe it will work in both of our interests if we can accommodate each other in years to come rather than compete for a licence........"</i></span><span style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"> </span></div><div style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px;"></div><div style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">If essentially non-competitive RSL operators can agree to help each other in this way it seems such a pity that Ofcom is unwilling to even consider an equal level of tolerance.</div><div style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="line-height: 22.7199993133545px; font-family: Calibri; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-------------------------------------------------</div> </div></body>
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