Article 19: Reorganizing channels and Adding new channel to the
bouquet
A licensee for satellite television services is entitled to reorganize the existing channels
or add a new channel to his/her bouquet. The Licensee shall, in any case, inform and
provide to the Authority at least two (2) weeks before the following written information:
(a) the name of the channel;
(b) the nature of the channel and its content;
(c) the country where the channel was packaged;
(d) the full name of channel supplier;
(e) the primary language(s) of channel; and
(f) the duration of the channel (whether it is a special event channel).
After a period of five (5) working days without any objection from the Authority, the
new channel is considered as accepted by the Authority.
Article 20: Removal of a channel
The Licensee is entitled to remove a channel from the bouquet and by doing so he or she
must inform the Authority within fourteen (14) days the reason behind of such removal.
If the removal of a channel is abruptly done by the owner of the contents, the service
provider should quickly inform the Authority as soon as practicable to indicate the
reason of such channel removal.
Article 21: Electronic Programme Guide
The Licensee shall prepare an electronic programme guide for audiences to use for
accessing information relating to the schedules of programme materials.
A licensee shall ensure that an electronic programme guide is user friendly and easy to
navigate through programme materials.
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