Categories for subscription television movie services
130ZVA Categories for subscription television movie services
For the purposes of this Part, if a subscription television licensee provides at least one, but fewer than 7, subscription television movie services in a financial year, those services are Category A subscription television movie services for the financial year.
For the purposes of this Part, if a subscription television licensee provides 7 subscription television movie services in a financial year:
if the licensee, by written notice given to the ACMA before the end of the financial year, nominates 6 of those services to be Category A subscription television movie services for the financial year:
the nominated services are Category A subscription television movie services for the financial year; and
the remaining service is a Category B subscription television movie service for the financial year; or
otherwise—each of those services is a Category A subscription television movie service for the financial year.
For the purposes of this Part, if a subscription television licensee provides more than 7 subscription television movie services in a financial year:
if the licensee, by written notice given to the ACMA before the end of the financial year, nominates:
6 of those services to be Category A subscription television movie services for the financial year; and
one of those services (other than services nominated under subparagraph (i)) to be a Category B subscription television movie service for the financial year;
then:
the services nominated under subparagraph (i) are Category A subscription television movie services for the financial year; and
the service nominated under subparagraph (ii) is a Category B subscription television movie service for the financial year; and
the remainder of those services are Category C subscription television movie services for the financial year; or
otherwise—each of those services is a Category A subscription television movie service for the financial year.
Exclusion of time‑shifting services and high definition services
This section does not apply to a subscription television service provided by a subscription television licensee if the service does no more than:
transmit the same stream of programs that has been previously transmitted on another subscription television service provided by the licensee; or
simultaneously transmit, in a high definition format, the same stream of programs that is transmitted, in a standard definition format, on another subscription television service provided by the licensee.
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