{"id":44233,"date":"2025-12-16T14:49:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=44233"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:49:28","slug":"ofcom-expand-list-of-uk-internet-tv-platforms-subject-to-public-broadcasting-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/12\/ofcom-expand-list-of-uk-internet-tv-platforms-subject-to-public-broadcasting-rules.html","title":{"rendered":"Ofcom Expand List of UK Internet TV Platforms Subject to Public Broadcasting Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms and media regulator, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>, has today revealed which connected TV platforms will be subject to the Media Act&#8217;s (2024) new online availability and prominence regime, which requires them to ensure that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bbc\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a> iPlayer and any other designated public service broadcaster (PSB) TV players (inc. public service content) are &#8220;<em>available, prominent, and easily accessible<\/em>&#8220;.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a> remains of the view that a platform must have at least <strong>700,000 active users<\/strong> if it is to be considered to have a significant number of users and thus become subject to the requirements. &#8220;<em>We consider that setting a threshold at this level will ensure that public service content is widely available<\/em>,&#8221; said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\/siteassets\/resources\/documents\/consultations\/category-1-10-weeks\/consultation-on-draft-report---designation-of-television-selection-services\/statement-designation-of-television-selection-services-final-report-to-the-secretary-of-state.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">regulator&#8217;s statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bq2\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong> The Government&#8217;s Secretary of State, informed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\">Ofcom<\/a>, makes the formal designations using her powers under the Act.<\/div>\n<p>The regulator said they did recognise that, for some platforms, multiple versions may be in use. In those cases, they&#8217;ve recommended that the designations should apply only to versions available on the market in July 2025, when their consultation was published, as well as any subsequent versions.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest change this time is that Ofcom has added the new broadband-based live TV streaming service <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freely.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freely<\/a><\/strong> to the list, which is already supported by most of the major UK TV broadcasters (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/bbc\" target=\"_blank\">BBC<\/a>, ITV etc.) and is an evolution \u2013 not (yet) a replacement \u2013 for the existing Freeview service (inc. Freeview Play and Freesat). No surprise there, then.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"line-height: 30px;\"><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>The following 15 connected TV platforms have been designated<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n(plus any subsequent versions of these platforms)<\/p>\n<p>\u27a4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/amazon\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> Fire TV OS 6, 7 and 8<br \/>\n\u27a4 Android TV 9, 10, 11, 12 and 14<br \/>\n\u27a4 Apple TV OS 18<br \/>\n\u27a4 Freely<br \/>\n\u27a4 Google TV 10, 11, 12 and 14<br \/>\n\u27a4 LG WebOS 22, 23, 24 and 25<br \/>\n\u27a4 Roku OS 14<br \/>\n\u27a4 Samsung Smart Hub (Tizen) 7, 8 and 9<br \/>\n\u27a4 Sky Entertainment OS (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/skyglass\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Glass<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/skystream\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Stream<\/a>)<br \/>\n\u27a4 Sky Q<br \/>\n\u27a4 VIDAA OS U6, 7, 8 and 9<br \/>\n\u27a4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> Horizon<br \/>\n\u27a4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vm\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Virgin Media<\/a> TiVo on V6 ITE<br \/>\n\u27a4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/youview\" target=\"_blank\">YouView<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">EE<\/a> TV (Sagemcom ITE) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/youview\" target=\"_blank\">YouView<\/a> on Sony ITE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Prior to the introduction of the new Media Act, the old regulatory framework for PSBs focussed exclusively on linear television channels. The new regime seeks to build on that by bringing into scope the PSBs\u2019 TV players (IPS), along with the internet connected TV platforms (Television Selection Services or \u2018TSS\u2019) on which those IPS are included.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UK telecoms and media regulator, Ofcom, has today revealed which connected TV platforms will be subject to the Media Act&#8217;s (2024) new online availability and prominence regime, which requires them to ensure that BBC iPlayer and any other designated public service broadcaster (PSB) TV players (inc. public service content) are &#8220;available, prominent, and easily [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[45,42,36],"class_list":["post-44233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk_isp_news","tag-video-streaming","tag-iptv","tag-ofcom-regulation"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@ispreview\/115729804310858635","error":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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