Licences/Midlands

The following states the licence information for the Midlands Network Six service.

Licence information
Region:
 * Midlands

Transmission region: Licence type: Regional Stipulations: Regional broadcast quota; regional identity
 * Oxford
 * Ridge Hill
 * Sutton Coldfield
 * Waltham
 * The Wrekin

Licencee information
Contracted to: Mercia Television Ltd

Contract expires: 28 February 2013

Regional quotas: 5 hours non-news per week minimum

Parent company: Emoa Television

Contractual obligations: Provide local teletext services on digital platforms. Provide all networked news, sport and live programming

Licence return notification 28 days

Broadcasting as: Mercia

Licence signed: February 2009

This contract fulfils a contractual agreement between the Licencee ("Contracted to", "they") and the Network ("us", "we"). The Licencee must provide a Channel 6 local television service to its particular region in accordance with the terms written in this contract. They must abide by the Network rules and regulations, and we will oversee these commitments over the 12 month contract. The licensee is able to extend its contract by a further 12 months by making a bid in the annual franchise rounds.

Area serving
Primary target counties
 * Shropshire
 * West Midlands
 * Warwickshire
 * Oxfordshire
 * Leicestershire
 * Rutland
 * Derbyshire
 * Nottinghamshire
 * Herefordshire
 * Worcestershire

Secondary target counties
 * Cheshire (South)
 * Lincolnshire (Western fringe)
 * Northamptonshire (West)
 * Buckinghamshire (North)
 * Wiltshire (North East)
 * Bedfordshire (Western fringe)
 * Clwyd (South East)
 * Powys (Eastern fringe)