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• The Ofcom Broadcasting Code
  October 2008
• Code on the Scheduling of Television Advertising
  This Code came into effect on 1 September 2008. Until then the Rules on the Amount and Distribution of Advertising applied
• Code on Television Access Services
  Requirements for subtitling, signing and audio description on television.
• Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events
  Restrictions on broadcasting listed sports events
• Television Access Services Review Statement
  Requirements for subtitling, signing and audio description, and guidelines on their provision
• Amount of text on the Public Teletext Service [pdf]
• Code on Electronic Programme Guides
  Guidance on listing of public service and other channels and on disability access features
• Legacy Codes
  The codes applied to programmes broadcast on or up to 24 July 2005
• Qualifying Revenue and Multiplex Revenue: Statement of Principles and Administrative Arrangements under the Broadcasting Act 1990, the Broadcasting Act 1996 and the Communications Act 2003

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