Civil & Administrative

Amendment to the Regulation on Online Radio, Television and On-Demand Broadcasting

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🇬🇧 English

This regulation changes how online radio, television and on-demand broadcasting providers can replace guarantee letters submitted to Turkey’s media regulator, RTÜK. Providers may replace a guarantee letter up to five times, but only if they have no overdue debt to RTÜK, the new guarantee covers the full remaining licence fee, and its validity lasts until the end of the licence period. The change mainly affects licensed online broadcasters managing their financial guarantees.

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Key Changes

  • Allows online broadcasting providers to replace guarantee letters submitted to RTÜK.
  • Limits guarantee letter replacements to a maximum of five times.
  • Requires no overdue RTÜK debt, full coverage of remaining licence fees, and validity until the licence end date.

Obligations

What this law requires

medium

Licensed online radio, television, and on-demand broadcasting providers may replace a guarantee letter submitted to RTÜK only upon the provider’s request and no more than five times.

licensed online radio broadcasterslicensed online television broadcasterslicensed on-demand broadcasting providers
Effective from publication date
licensing
high

A provider requesting replacement of a guarantee letter must have no overdue unpaid debt to RTÜK at the time of replacement.

licensed online radio broadcasterslicensed online television broadcasterslicensed on-demand broadcasting providers
At the time of requesting guarantee letter replacement
operational
high

Any new guarantee letter submitted to replace an existing guarantee letter must cover the full amount of the remaining licence fee.

licensed online radio broadcasterslicensed online television broadcasterslicensed on-demand broadcasting providers
At the time of submitting the replacement guarantee letter
licensing
high

Any replacement guarantee letter submitted to RTÜK must remain valid until the end date of the relevant licence period.

licensed online radio broadcasterslicensed online television broadcasterslicensed on-demand broadcasting providers
Validity must extend through the licence expiry date
licensing

Affected Parties

Licensed online radio, television and on-demand broadcasting providersRTÜK+1 more…

Tags

online broadcasting,RTÜK,licensing