To promote competitive entry, applications for carriage not assessed purely on economic grounds.
To this end we have developed a trading policy.
- Our policy for trading in a fair and competitive environment embodies four overarching thresholds and our application procedure will be a three-stage process.
- Our thresholds include aspects such as localness, extent of appeal and robustness of the proposal. Applicants will be encouraged to make their case in the submission of their expressions of interest.
- Our process includes sifting and reviewing applications and placement on a waiting list. Upon conclusion, uniform carriage agreements with shared basic terms will be issued to service providers.
- We believe that in adopting this structured approach we will demonstrate fairness in a manner that will stand up to scrutiny.
- If we are oversubscribed with interest from broadcasters, we will keep interest on file and contact them when capacity becomes available.
- We will allocate the capacity in a way that ensures the greatest diversity of formats and service providers.
- We will treat C-DSP and DSP providers fairly.