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CONFLUENTIAL

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL DECISION OF 28.3.72

The Council considered memorandum XCC(72)24.

The Council ADVISED and the Governor ORDERED:

(a) that the decision to increase advertising

times should not be put into effect until the second licensee commences broadcasting;

(b) that recommendations 35, 38 and 39 concerning

the establishment of new facilities at transmitter and translator sites should be modified as suggested in paragraph 8 of the memorandum;

(c) that the rate of royalty for all three wireless television licences should be fixed at 25% of net profits;

(d) that a further memorandum dealing with the

immediate future of Rediffusion's wired television service should be submitted to Council for consideration in two weeks' time so that a public announcement concerning Government's policy with regard to the future of wireless television and the immediate future of Rediffusion's wired television service can be made as quickly as possible thereafter;

(e) that the long term future of wired television

and television weather programmes should be the subject of a separate memorandum to be submitted to Council in due course;

(f) that the existing Central Tender Board,

augmented as necessary should examine the tenders for the two new wireless television licences and make appropriate recommendations to the Governor-in-Council; and

(g) that, subject to (a) - (f) above and

paragraph 1 of the memorandum. all the remaining recommendations made by the working party should be adopted.

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