Broadcasting Act (with its variations) is a stock
short title used for
legislation in
Canada,
Hong Kong,
Malaysia, the
Republic of Ireland and the
United Kingdom that relates to
broadcasting. The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually have been known as a Broadcasting Bill during its passage through
Parliament.
Broadcasting Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to broadcasting.
List
Canada
* The ''Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act, 1932'' which established the
Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.
* The ''Broadcasting Act, 1958'', that took the private-sector regulatory function of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the public broadcaster and created the
Board of Broadcast Governors, a separate regulatory agency for private broadcasters.
* The ''Broadcasting Act, 1968'', that established the
Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission with oversight over both public and private broadcasting, and updated the mandate of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
* The
''Broadcasting Act'', 1991, that amended both the ''Broadcasting Act, 1968'', and the since-separated ''Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Act, 1976''
Hong Kong
* The
Broadcasting Ordinance 2000
Malaysia
* The
Broadcasting Act 1988
Republic of Ireland
* The
Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2007
The Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2007 is an Act of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament) which was enacted in April 2007. It deals with Irish Analogue broadcasting systems and the amendment of legislation on Digital Terrestrial Television dating back ...
Singapore
*
Broadcasting Act (Singapore)
Broadcasting Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom that relates to broadcasting. The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually h ...
United Kingdom
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Sound Broadcasting Act 1972
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Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1973
Independent or Independents may refer to:
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Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1974
Independent or Independents may refer to:
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Independent Broadcasting Authority (No. 2) Act 1974
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Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1978
Independent or Independents may refer to:
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Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1979
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
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Broadcasting Act 1980
The Broadcasting Act 1980 (1980 c. 64) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It was repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1981, though the provisions of the Act remained in force.
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Channel 4
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Broadcasting Act 1981
The Broadcasting Act 1981 (c. 68) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The effect of the Act was to consolidate the previous Independent Broadcasting Acts 1973, 1974 and 1978 and the Broadcasting Act 1980. The Act was repealed by ...
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Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984
Cable may refer to:
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* Nautical cable, an assembly of three or more ropes woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof
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Broadcasting Act 1987
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model. Broadcasting began wi ...
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Broadcasting Act 1990
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deregulated private television, allowed for the creation of a
fifth terrestrial television channel as well as allowed for the launch of
satellite television in the UK
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Broadcasting Act 1996
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See also
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List of short titles
This is a list of stock short titles that are used for legislation in one or more of the countries where short titles are used. It is also a list of articles that list or discuss legislation by short title or subject.
*Act of Uniformity (disambigu ...
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Communications Act
* The
Television Act 1954,
Television Act 1963,
Television Act 1964
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication Media (communication), medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of Transmission (telecommunications), television tra ...
References
Lists of legislation by short title