| The functions of
The Broadcasting Division are: |
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To serve as the executive arm
of the Broadcasting Authority (BA), an independent
statutory body established to regulate licensed
television and radio broadcasts in Hong Kong.
Please browse the BA homepage (http://www.hkba.hk)
for details of the functions and responsibilities;
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To provide secretariat service
to the BA, its Complaints Committee and Codes
of Practice Committee. The Commissioner for Television
and Entertainment Licensing (CTEL) is the Principal
Executive Officer of the BA, and the Assistant
Commissioner (Broadcasting), the Secretary for
the BA; |
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To assist the BA in making recommendations
to the Chief Executive in Council on applications
for domestic free television programme service
licences, domestic pay television programme service
licences and sound broadcasting licences, and
conducting reviews and renewal of these licences;
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To assist the BA in processing
applications for non-domestic television programme
service licences and other licensable television
programme service licences, and conducting reviews
and renewals of such licences, and |
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To secure proper standards of
television and radio broadcasting transmitted
in and from Hong Kong. |
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| Organization |
| The Broadcasting Division is headed by the Assistant Commissioner (Broadcasting) and has three sub-divisions: |
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Content
Regulation Sub-Division; |
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Licence
Administration Sub-Division; and |
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Competition & Support Sub-Division. |
