Licences/Republic of Ireland

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

Licence information
Region: Transmission region: [Not applicable] Licence type: Digital Stipulations: Regional broadcast quota; regional identity; no use of the "Six" brand
 * Republic of Ireland

Licencee information
Contracted to: éire telefís Ltd

Contract expires: 28 February 2013

Regional quotas: 7 hours non-news per week minimum

Parent company: Forest Media

Contractual obligations: Provide local teletext services on all platforms. Provide all networked news, sport and live programming. Provide an agreed amount of Irish regional programming

Licence return notification 28 days

Broadcasting as: éire telefís

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.