Licences/Borders

The following states the licence information for the Borders & Isle Of Man Network Six service.

Licence information
Region:
 * Scottish Borders and Isle of Man

Transmission region: Licence type: Regional Stipulations: Regional broadcast quota; regional identity; regular opt-outs in Scottish half of the region
 * Caldbeck
 * Selkirk

Licencee information
Contracted to: Network Borders Ltd

Contract expires: 29 February 2012

Regional quotas: 5 hours non-news per week minimum (England) 7 hours non-news per week minimum (Scotland)

Parent company: Vanquish Broadcasting

Contractual obligations: Provide local teletext services on digital platforms. Provide all networked news, sport and live programming. Provide a small collection of Gaelic language programming in the Scottish side of the region Include at least 1 newsgathering centre in the Scottish subregion.

Licence return notification 28 days

Broadcasting as: NB

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
 * Cumbria
 * Dumfries & Galloway Former Scottish Region
 * Isle of Man

Secondary target counties
 * Northumberland (North)
 * Borders (South)