Commercial television

Commercial television services include ITV, which consists of 15 regional services and GMTV, Channel 4, Five, Teletext and local television services on terrestrial television, and a wide range of cable, satellite and digital services.
 
Within this framework, the Office of Communications (Ofcom) is responsible for licensing and monitoring commercial television. For more information visit the Television section of the Ofcom website.

Commercial radio

We ensure that the legislative framework affecting commercial radio services helps promote choice, innovation and competition.
Within this framework, Ofcom is responsible for licensing and monitoring commercial radio.

For more information visit the Radio section of Ofcom’s website.