By means of background info on "Mandatory Daytime Protection", you may find this page on the Ofcom site an interesting read.
The pertinent statement is "scheduled television channels to show programmes, which can currently only be shown after the 9pm watershed, before this time, but only if mandatory daytime protection is in place." - which the Sky basic channels take advantage of.
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