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A '''party political broadcast''' (also known, in pre-election campaigning periods, as a '''party election broadcast''') is a television or radio [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] made by a [[political party]].

In the United Kingdom the [[Communications Act 2003]] prohibits (and previously the [[Broadcasting Act 1990]] and earlier broadcasting practice prohibited<ref>[https://us.corwin.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/11718_Chapter4.pdf UPM Binaries] Corwin.com {{dead link|date=June 2023}}</ref>) [[political advertising]] on television or radio; parties are instead allocated broadcast slots (usually around five minutes long) free of charge on broadcast channels using a formula set by Parliament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cap.org.uk/Advertising-Codes/Broadcast/CodeItem.aspx?cscid={85344a94-8673-4fbf-9890-195a4ac1a093}#.WCOa9XV970o|title=07 Political and controversial matters|work= [[BCAP code]]|publisher=[[Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice]] (BCAP)|access-date=6 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cap.org.uk/Advertising-Codes/Broadcast/CodeItem.aspx?cscid={9bbcc79f-2faa-4e64-b14b-39c1b3cd263b}#.WCOaiXV970o|title=10 Prohibited categories|work= BCAP code|publisher=Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice (BCAP)|access-date=6 January 2014}}</ref> [[Budget Day#List of Budget broadcasts|From 1953 to 2012]], government and opposition commentaries were broadcast on the evening of [[Budget of the United Kingdom|the annual budget statement]]. [[Ministerial Broadcast]]s are occasionally made on urgent matters of a non-partisan nature.

A similar format exists in the [[Republic of Ireland]], though for smaller parties, because a greater number of them are represented in the [[Dáil Éireann|Dáil]], their allocated time may be as little as one or two minutes each.

In [[Canada]], the [[Canada Elections Act]] includes provisions for free-time election broadcasts (in addition to paid advertising) during Canadian federal elections, on all licensed terrestrial television and radio networks; notably, however, none of Canada's main English-language private television networks ([[CTV Television Network|CTV]], [[Global Television Network|Global]] and [[Citytv]]) actually operates under a network license anymore, meaning that in actual practice in the 2020s this provision applies only to the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s main radio and TV networks, and the private French-language networks [[TVA (Canadian TV network)|TVA]] and [[Noovo]].<ref>[http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=abo&dir=bra/fre&document=index&lang=e "Allocation of Free Broadcasting Time"]. [[Elections Canada]].</ref> CBC Television formerly broadcast the regular weekly series ''[[The Nation's Business]]'', in which Members of Parliament from all parties could give a short speech on a political issue, but this series no longer airs.

In Asia, party political broadcasts have existed in [[Singapore]] since 1980, where they are known as ''political party broadcasts''. In Japan, party political broadcasts are known as {{nihongo||政見放送|seiken hōsō}}. In [[Brazil]], party political broadcasts are known as ''horário político''. In [[Chile]], party political broadcasts are known as ''franja electoral''.

==See also==
* [[Zendtijd voor Politieke Partijen]] — Netherlands equivalent
* {{ill|Franja electoral|es}} — Latin American equivalent
* [[Ministerial broadcast]] — representing the government rather than the governing party
* ''[[Cadena nacional]]'' — a similar Latin American equivalent

== References ==
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Cross, S. and Wring, D. (2017) The Longest Running Series on Television: Party Political Broadcasting in Britain, in Holtz-Bacha, C. and Just, M.(ed) Routledge Handbook of Political Advertising, [https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315694504 Routledge Handbook of Political Advertising]

==External links==
* [http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1672344 History of party political broadcasts in the UK]
* [http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN03354/party-political-broadcasts Commons Library Standard Note]
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[[Category:Political communication|Political broadcast]]
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