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Additional broadcasting services by television programme service contractor.
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34.—(1) Subject to subsection (3), the television programme service contractor may provide, in addition to any free-to-air service being provided by it immediately before the commencement of this section, such other broadcasting services (whether free-to-air or not) as it considers appropriate, including broadcasting services of a community, local or regional character.
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(2) The television programme service contractor may, for the purposes of providing a broadcasting service under subsection (1), enter into arrangements with a holder of a digital content contract whereby that holder provides a compilation of programme material to the contractor for that service.
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(3) The television programme service contractor shall not provide any broadcasting service referred to in subsection (1) unless the Commission has authorised the provision by the contractor of that service by means of a variation made by it, at the request of the contractor, of the terms and conditions of the television programme service contract (which variation the Commission is hereby authorised to make) and the provision of the service shall be subject to the terms and conditions of that contract as so varied and subsections (1) to (3) of section 18 of the Act of 1988.
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