Ofcom Discussion

(01-01-2013 17:57 )munch1917 Wrote:  

(01-01-2013 17:41 )jimmyt73 Wrote:  Just wanted to know if its possible for all uk babechannels to be Dutch regulated or is it too costly.

Dutch licenses are only awarded to dutch companies. Cellcast's parent company is based in Netherlands, hence they can get the dutch license, all the other UK babechannels are UK companies.

From what i can gather unless i have got it wrong the Dutch company that is the licence holder of the BS channels that are regulated by the Dutch and not Ofcom are all owned by a Dutch registered company called 'GAME NETWORKS BV', it doesn't seem to be the parent company of Cellcast, just a separate company that they are associated with, i don't think Cellcast has a parent company and is a UK based company, it seems to me that BS/Celcast have a arrangement with Game Networks BV were they broadcast their BS shows on UK TV using their licence in much the same way as RLC use Playboy's Ofcom licence to broadcast their shows, Elite also used to use the Ofcom licence of TVX to transmit it's programs, so as i see it any UK based company could use the licence of a Dutch registered company to transmit it's programs on UK TV using the Dutch company's licence and wouldn't have to be registered in the Netherlands or have it's own licence, i could be wrong though .