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The guidance notes provide the information you need in order to apply for a licence including:

• the cost to apply for a licence
• the annual licence fee
• how long it takes to process an application.

The licence allows you to provide a service on the relevant platform. The applicant must make its own arrangements for carriage of the service.

• Television Licensable Content Service (TLCS) Guidance Notes, Application Form & TLCS Standard Form Licence
  For cable and satellite services
• Digital Television Programme Service (DTPS) & Digital Television Additional Service (DTAS) Guidance Notes, Application Form & Standard Form Licences
  For digital terrestrial TV - Freeview services
• Restricted Television Service Licence for an Event (RTSL-E), Guidance Notes, Application Form & Standard Form Licences
  For short term television coverage of a specific event at a specific location
• Guidance for religious bodies applying for a Broadcasting Act licence
  (Part 2, Schedule 2, Broadcasting Act 1990 & Part 4, Schedule 14, Communications Act 2003)

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