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revisions to the Advertising Code of Practice.
These
will be brought into effect as quickly as possible.
The second phase will be introduced in December 1988
when new licences are issued to the TV Stations.
There will be a ban on tobacco advertising and
sponsorship between the hours of 4.30 pm and 10.30 pm.
This will extend by 4 hours a day the time within
which tobacco advertising will be prohibited.
restrictions will be introduced for radio services
Similar
from the beginning of the new licence period in August
1989. The third and final phase will be the
imposition of a total ban on tobacco advertising and
sponsorship on television and radio in December 1990.
In the meantime, the Government will be examining ways
of restricting tobacco advertising in other forms.
Renewal of Existing Television Licences
The Government has decided that when the existing
TV licences expire in December 1988, the present
licensees will be offered a new licence for a 12 year
period to the year 2000 on revised conditions and
subject to a mid-term review in 1994. The Government
considers that the financial implications of inviting
competitive tenders from prospective licensees rule
out that alternative which the BRB forward. The fact
is that the land, transmission equipment and hardware
presently employed on TV broadcasting is owned by the
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Private notes are available after approval.