# Broadcasting Act > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Broadcasting_Act > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Broadcasting_Act.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Act > Source revision: 1343618392 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Stock short title used for legislation}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Broadcasting Act''' (with its variations) is a stock [short title](/source/short_title) used for [legislation](/source/legislation) in [Canada](/source/Canada), [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), the [Republic of Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) and the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom) that relates to [broadcasting](/source/broadcasting). The Bill for an Act with this short title will usually have been known as a '''Broadcasting Bill''' during its passage through [Parliament](/source/Parliament). Broadcasting Acts may be a generic name either for legislation bearing that short title or for all legislation which relates to broadcasting. ==List== ===Canada=== * The ''Canadian Radio Broadcasting Act, 1932'' which established the [Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission](/source/Canadian_Radio_Broadcasting_Commission). * The ''Broadcasting Act, 1958'', that took the private-sector regulatory function of the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation), the public broadcaster and created the [Board of Broadcast Governors](/source/Board_of_Broadcast_Governors), a separate regulatory agency for private broadcasters.{{Cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/content/lop/researchpublications/2011-39-e.htm#a2|title=Current Publications: Information and communications: Canadian Broadcasting Policy|website=lop.parl.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=2017-06-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529102215/https://lop.parl.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/2011-39-e.htm#a2|archive-date=2017-05-29|url-status=dead}} * The ''Broadcasting Act, 1968'', that established the [Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission](/source/Canadian_Radio-television_Telecommunications_Commission) with oversight over both public and private broadcasting, and updated the mandate of the [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation) * The [''Broadcasting Act'', 1991](/source/Broadcasting_Act_(1991)), that amended both the ''Broadcasting Act, 1968'', and the since-separated ''Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Act, 1976'' ===Hong Kong=== * The [Broadcasting Ordinance](/source/Broadcasting_Ordinance) 2000 ===Malaysia=== * The [Broadcasting Act 1988](/source/Broadcasting_Act_1988) ===Republic of Ireland=== * The [Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2007](/source/Broadcasting_(Amendment)_Act_2007) === Singapore === * [Broadcasting Act (Singapore)](/source/Broadcasting_Act_(Singapore)) ===United Kingdom=== [[File:Wyn Roberts Letter to SecStateWales 1980 08 09.pdf|thumb|Letter from [Wyn Roberts](/source/Wyn_Roberts%2C_Baron_Roberts_of_Conwy) to [Secretary of State for Wales](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Wales), [Nicholas Edwards, Baron Crickhowell](/source/Nicholas_Edwards%2C_Baron_Crickhowell) regarding the [Fourth Channel](/source/Channel_4), August 9, 1980.]] {| class="wikitable" |- ! Act !! Notes |- | [Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967](/source/Marine%2C_%26c.%2C_Broadcasting_(Offences)_Act_1967) | |- | rowspan=2|[Sound Broadcasting Act 1972](/source/Sound_Broadcasting_Act_1972) | This act established commercial radio ([ILR](/source/Independent_Local_Radio)) to be legal in the United Kingdom. |- | The [Independent Television Authority](/source/Independent_Television_Authority) became the [Independent Broadcasting Authority](/source/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority). |- | [Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1973](/source/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority_Act_1973)
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1981.'' | This act consolidated the Television Act 1964 and Sound Broadcasting Act 1972. |- | [Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1974](/source/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority_Act_1974)
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1981.'' | |- | [Independent Broadcasting Authority (No. 2) Act 1974](/source/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority_(No._2)_Act_1974)
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1980.'' | This act extended the IBA to provide commercial television and radio from 31st July 1976 to 31st July 1979. |- | [Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1978](/source/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority_Act_1978)
''Repealed the Broadcasting Act 1981.'' | This act extended the IBA to provide commercial television and radio until 31 December 1981. |- | [Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1979](/source/Independent_Broadcasting_Authority_Act_1979)
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1980.'' | |- | rowspan=3|[Broadcasting Act 1980](/source/Broadcasting_Act_1980)
''Repealed the Broadcasting Act 1981.'' | This act extended the IBA to provide commercial television and radio until 31 December 1996. |- | Creation of the [Fourth UK television service](/source/Fourth_UK_television_service) ([Channel 4](/source/Channel_4) and [S4C](/source/S4C)) and [Broadcasting Complaints Commission](/source/Broadcasting_Complaints_Commission_(UK)). |- | Repealed Independent Broadcasting Authority (No. 2) Act 1974 and Independent Broadcasting Authority Act 1979. |- | [Broadcasting Act 1981](/source/Broadcasting_Act_1981)
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990.'' | This act consolidated the Independent Broadcasting Authority Acts 1973, 1974, 1978 and Broadcasting Act 1980. |- | [Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984](/source/Cable_and_Broadcasting_Act_1984)
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990.'' | This act established the [Cable Authority](/source/Cable_Authority) and made cable television legal in the United Kingdom. |- | [Broadcasting Act 1987](/source/Broadcasting_Act_1987)
''Repealed by the Broadcasting Act 1990.'' | |- | [Broadcasting Act 1990](/source/Broadcasting_Act_1990) | That largely [deregulated](/source/deregulation) private television, allowed for the creation of a [fifth terrestrial television channel](/source/Channel_5_(UK)) as well as allowed for the launch of [satellite television](/source/satellite_television) in the UK |- | [Broadcasting Act 1996](/source/Broadcasting_Act_1996) | |- |} ==See also== * [List of short titles](/source/List_of_short_titles) * [Communications Act](/source/Communications_Act_(disambiguation)) * The [Television Act 1954](/source/Television_Act_1954), [Television Act 1963](/source/Television_Act_1963), [Television Act 1964](/source/Television_Act_1964) ==References== Category:Lists of legislation by short title --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Broadcasting Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Act) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Act?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.