The two national digital radio network licences should be renewed automatically under new legislation according to a report by the BEIS Committee.
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee has agreed with the Government’s legislative change that would allow the UK’s National Radio Multiplex licences to be renewed automatically.
The Committee was asked to scrutinise the Government’s proposals for a Legislative Reform Order (LRO) that would allow both D1 and SDL to have their National Radio Multiplex Licences renewed.
If the LRO becomes law, it will enable Ofcom to renew the companies’ two licences for a further 12 years without running a competitive tender process. In the absence of the LRO, the two licences would have to be re-advertised and awarded through open competition, even if only the incumbent licensees bid.
In a report published today the…
