Licences/London Weekends

The following states the licence information for the London Weekend Network Six service.

Licence information
Region:
 * London (Mondays 9.25am-Fridays 4.59pm)

Transmission region: Licence type: Regional Stipulations: Regional broadcast quota; regional identity
 * Crystal Palace

Licencee information
Contracted to: EWT plc

Contract expires: 28 February 2013

Regional quotas: 2 hours non-news per week minimum

Parent company: dMGw

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

Licence return notification 28 days

Broadcasting as: Prime

Licence signed: February 2011

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.

Areas served
Primary target counties
 * Greater London
 * Surrey

Secondary target counties
 * Hertfordshire (South & Central)
 * Essex (West)
 * Kent (West)
 * Sussex (Northern fringe)
 * Buckinghamshire (South)
 * Berkshire (Eastern fringe)
 * Hampshire (North-Eastern fringe)