Broadcasting Act (with its variations) is a stock

short title In certain jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and other Westminster system, Westminster-influenced jurisdictions (such as Canada or Australia), as well as the United States and the Philippines, primary legislation has both a short title an ...

used for

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Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

, the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. ...

and the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

that relates to

broadcasting Broadcasting is the data distribution, distribution of sound, audio audiovisual content to dispersed audiences via a electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), ...

. The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually have been known as a Broadcasting Bill during its passage through

Parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ...

. 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 Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission (CRBC/CCR; ), also referred to as the Canadian Radio Commission (CRC), was Canada's first public broadcaster and the immediate precursor to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Origins The CRBC was est ...

. * The ''Broadcasting Act, 1958'', that took the private-sector regulatory function of the

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian Public broadcasting, public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster, with its E ...

, the public broadcaster and created the

Board of Broadcast Governors The Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) was an arms-length Government of Canada agency. It was created in 1958 by amending the ''Broadcast Act'' to regulate television and radio broadcasting, originally taking over that function from the CBC. T ...

, a separate regulatory agency for private broadcasters. * The ''Broadcasting Act, 1968'', that established the

Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; ) is a public organization in Canada tasked with the mandate as a regulatory agency tribunal for various electronic communications, covering broadcasting and telecommunic ...

with oversight over both public and private broadcasting, and updated the mandate of the

* 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 In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the br ...

, This Act established Commercial Radio ( ILR) to be legal in the United Kingdom. , - , The

Independent Television Authority The Independent Television Authority (ITA) was an agency created by the Television Act 1954 ( 2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 55) to supervise the creation of " Independent Television" (ITV), the first commercial television network in the United Kingdom. The ...

became the

Independent Broadcasting Authority The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television ( ITV and Channel 4 and limited satellite television regulation – cable television was the responsibility of the Cable Author ...

. , - ,

Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1973 The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television ( ITV and Channel 4 and limited satellite television regulation – cable television was the responsibility of the Cable Author ...

''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1981.'' , This Act consolidated the Television Act 1964 and Sound Broadcasting Act 1972. , - ,

Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1974 The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television ( ITV and Channel 4 and limited satellite television regulation – cable television was the responsibility of the Cable Author ...

''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1981.'' , , - , Independent Broadcasting Authority (No. 2) Act 1974
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1980.'' , This Act extended the IBA to provide Commercial Television and Radio from 31st July 1976 to 31st July 1979. , - ,

Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1978 The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television ( ITV and Channel 4 and limited satellite television regulation – cable television was the responsibility of the Cable Author ...

''Repealed the Broadcasting Act 1981.'' , This Act extended the IBA to provide Commercial Television and Commercial Radio until 31 December 1981. , - ,

Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1979 The Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for Commercial broadcasting, commercial television (ITV (TV network), ITV and Channel 4 and limited satellite television regulation – cable television w ...

''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1980.'' , , - , rowspan=3,

Broadcasting Act 1980 The Broadcasting Act 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. The most significant effect of the act was to amend the Inde ...

''Repealed the Broadcasting Act 1981.'' , This Act extended the IBA to provide Commercial Television and Commercial Radio until 31 December 1996. , - , Creation of the

Fourth UK television service In the 1960s and 1970s, an envisioned fourth UK television service was popularly referred to as ITV2, before the launch of Channel 4 (and its Welsh counterpart, S4C) in November 1982. History Development During the established Television Act ...

(

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

and

S4C S4C (, ''Sianel Pedwar Cymru'', meaning ''Channel Four Wales'') is a Welsh language free-to-air public broadcast television channel. Launched on 1 November 1982, it was the first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speakin ...

) and Broadcasting Complaints Commission. , - , Repealed Independent Broadcasting Authority (No. 2) Act 1974 and Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1979. , - ,

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 b ...

''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990.'' , This Act consolidated the Independent Broadcasting Authority Acts 1973, 1974, 1978 and Broadcasting Act 1980. , - , Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990.'' , This Act established Cable Authority and Cable Television to be legal in the United Kingdom. , - , Broadcasting Act 1987
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990.'' , , - ,

Broadcasting Act 1990 The Broadcasting Act 1990 (c. 42) is an Act of Parliament (UK), act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which aimed to liberalise and deregulate the British broadcasting industry by promoting competition; an example being ITV (TV network), ...

, That largely

deregulated Deregulation is the process of removing or reducing state regulations, typically in the economic sphere. It is the repeal of governmental Economic regulation, regulation of the economy. It became common in advanced industrial economies in the 19 ...

private television, allowed for the creation of a fifth terrestrial television channel as well as allowed for the launch of

satellite television Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.ITU Radio Regulations, Section IV. Radio Stations and Systems ...

in the UK , - , Broadcasting Act 1996 , , -

References

Lists of legislation by short title