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Broadcasting (Fees) Regulations

BROADCASTING (FEES) REGULATIONS

(section 12(3)(a))

(28th October, 2005)

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

REGULATION

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Fees payable by broadcasters

        SCHEDULE

S.I. 65, 2005,
S.I. 86, 2006,
S.I. 20, 2010.

1.    Citation

    These Regulations may be cited as the Broadcasting (Fees) Regulations.

2.    Interpretation

    In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

    “foreign public broadcasting service” means a foreign broadcasting service provided by any statutory body which is funded either wholly or partly through State revenues;

    “industry development fee” means a fee imposed on a foreign broadcaster to help to finance training and research into the broadcasting industry’s market needs and to help to stimulate and promote local production; and

    “net turnover” ‘means the total amounts invoiced to customers or clients of any kind or otherwise, accrued to the licensee, in respect of any activity, directly or indirectly related to the licensed broadcasting service, including, without limitation, marketing, sponsorship and merchandising income, excluding Value Added Tax or other indirect taxes and such amounts as are generally allowed in the broadcasting industry as discounts for sale of advertising and agency fees.

3.    Fees payable by broadcasters

    The broadcasters specified in the first column of Part I of the Schedule shall, on the application for the grant of a licence to broadcast or re-broadcast, pay to the National Broadcasting Board, the fees set out in the second column of Part I of the Schedule in regard to the respective matters contained therein; and the broadcasters specified in the first column of Part II of the Schedule, shall, in addition, on the grant of a licence, pay annually, on the 1st of April of each year, to the National Broadcasting Board, the fees set out in the second column of Part II of the Schedule.

SCHEDULE
BROADCASTING FEES

(reg. 3)

PART I

First Column Broadcaster	Second Column Fee
1.    Private Television Broadcaster	Application fee Tender fee	P5 000 P2 000
2.    Private Radio Broadcaster	Application fee Tender fee	P5 000 P2 000
3.    Public Television Broadcaster (Commercial)	Application fee	P5 000
4.    Public Television Broadcaster	Application fee	P5 000
5.    Public Radio Broadcaster (Commercial)	Application fee	P5 000
6.    Public Radio Broadcaster	Application fee	P5 000
7.    Community Radio Broadcaster	Application fee	P1 000
8.    Foreign Public Broadcasting Service	Application fee Tender fee	P5 000 P2 000

PART II

First Column Broadcaster		Second Column Fee
1.    Private Television Broadcaster	Broadcasting service fee	1% of annual net turnover
2.    Private Radio Broadcaster	Broadcasting service fee	1% of annual net turnover
3.    Public Television Broadcaster (Commercial)	Broadcasting service fee	1% of annual net turnover
4.    Public Radio Broadcaster (Commercial)	Broadcasting service fee	1% of annual net turnover
5.    Community Radio Broadcaster	Broadcasting service fee	P1,000
6.    Foreign Public Broadcasting Service	Industry development fee	P14,300

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