INFOCOMM MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IMDA)Required to operate

Subscription International Television Service Licence

The Subscription International Television Service Licence allows broadcast companies or broadcasters to transmit their TV services from Singapore to the region via satellite or fibre or both.

Validity
5 years
Processing time
within 20 working days if application is completed
Issuing authority
INFOCOMM MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IMDA)

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Who needs the Subscription International Television Service Licence

This licence applies to Singapore businesses registered under the following SSIC industry codes:

Required documents and prerequisites

Items the applicant typically needs ready before submitting:

  • A brief background of the Company
  • A brief background of the Organisation, including its equity and the profile of the management team.
  • Business Profile Report
  • This should show your business':
  • Registered address
  • Paid-up share capital
  • Shareholders
  • Directors
  • The report is only valid three months from the application date.
  • Estimated market size and share for each target market
  • Estimated market size and share for each target market
  • List of shareholders holding more than 5% shares
  • List of shareholders who are holding more than 5% shares of the organisation.
  • Programme Code or Standards
  • Programme and Advertising Code or Standards
  • Programme Schedules
  • URL(s)/Sample reel(s) of the programmes and programme schedules. 
  • The reel(s) should be two to three hours in length, with 15-minute excerpts of the different programmes available on the channel(s) e.g. movies, news, current affairs, talk shows, game shows, children’s variety and dramas.
  • Satellite Coverage
  • Satellite Coverage of Uplink

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