Terms of use
NEWS BROADCASTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
WELCOME TO OUR TERMS
We are talkSPORT Limited (registered in England and Wales under company number 02806093) and are designed to provide you with information where you engage with Talk, talkSPORT, talkSPORT 2, Virgin Radio UK, Virgin Radio Anthems, Virgin Radio Chilled, Virgin Radio 80s Plus and Times Radio and all other successor brands.
We provide access to content (Content) via our radio stations, channels, social media platforms, websites and associated mobile and smart device applications and all successor sites (together the Platform and, together with the Content, the Service).
These Terms and why they’re important
These terms and conditions (together with the documents referred to in them) (Terms) govern your relationship with us when you register for, access or use the Service.
These Terms contain important information about your rights and obligations when you access/use the Service, so you should take time to read these Terms, and make sure that you understand and agree to them, before you start to access or use any part of the Service.
By registering for, accessing or using any part of the Service, you agree that you have understood and accepted these Terms, which form a binding contract between you and us. If you do not agree to these Terms (or any part of them) you may not access any part of the Service.
Other applicable terms
Promotions / competitions: From time to time, we may offer special promotional offers and competitions via the Platform or otherwise in connection with the Service. The specific terms and conditions relating to these offers/competitions will be displayed on the relevant page(s) of the Platform or conveyed on-air, and our general promotion/competition terms can be found here | talkSPORT | Virgin Radio | Talk |
Third party terms and conditions: If you use any third party apps, platforms and/or devices to access the Service, you may be subject to the terms and conditions of the relevant third party. We don’t have any knowledge or control over these third party terms and conditions.
Changes to these Terms
We may amend these Terms from time to time for various reasons including to ensure that we remain compliant with relevant laws and regulations, to keep up to date with changes we may make to the Service, for security reasons, and/or to reflect changes in our business operations or practices.
Please check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we have made. If we make any material changes to these Terms, we will notify you reasonably in advance by posting a notification via the Platform or by some other means e.g., by emailing you. By continuing to use the Service after changes are made (and, if material, notified to you), you are accepting those changes and will be bound by them.
Registration and eligibility
Some parts of the Service are available only to users who register and set up an account.
To be eligible to register for an account, you must be:
aged 18 or over; and
a natural person (i.e., not a business).
Some of our Services may only be available to those based in Great Britain (excluding Northern Ireland), or in the Republic of Ireland.
To register, you will need to complete a simple registration process by providing some personal information such as your name and email address. You will also need to choose a password for use in connection with your account.
You agree that you will provide truthful and accurate information when registering for an account. The decision to register an account or password is in our discretion. You are responsible for ensuring that the information we hold about you is up to date. Please update your details as appropriate from time to time via your account settings or email to feedback@talksport.co.uk to notify us of any changes.
Please refer to our Privacy and Cookie Notice at www.newsprivacy.co.uk, which sets out how we process personal data that we collect from you or that you provide to us, and the use of cookies, on/via the Service.
Account security
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account information, and you are responsible for all activities that take place under your password and for any access to or use of the Service by you or any person using your password, whether or not such access or use has been authorised by you (unless such access was caused by our failure to exercise reasonable care and skill).
You must immediately notify us of any unauthorised use of your password or account or any other breach of security relating to the Service. We will not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from the disclosure of your password or account details in breach of these Terms.
About the Platform and Content
The Platform enables users to access Content on a free-to-access basis. Content can be accessed live and also, where applicable, on a catch-up/on-demand basis for so long as the relevant Content is made available by us in this way.
All Content on the Platform is subject to change and is variable from time to time. We are entitled to remove and/or change the Content available via the Platform and/or the functionality of the Service as a whole, at any time and for any reason whatsoever. In particular, we do not guarantee the availability of any particular piece, or category, of Content on the Platform.
Certain Content may not be available on or via particular devices/platforms due to licensing restrictions.
Accessing the Service via your device / browser
To experience the Service at its best, you will need to use compatible devices and an internet browser with a sufficiently high speed internet connection or mobile network connection. More information can be found on the following pages | talkSPORT - Watch - Listen | Virgin Radio UK - Listen | Talk - Watch - Listen |. The recommended minimum technical requirements may change from time to time, and it is your responsibility to ensure you’re using the necessary equipment and systems. We will not be liable for any reduction in quality, speed, or experience as a result of your use of incorrect/unsuitable equipment or systems.
You are solely responsible for any costs charged by your internet service provider, network operator, mobile service provider, and/or any other provider in relation to your access of the Service.
Acceptable use of the Service
You may use/access the Service for lawful and permitted purposes only. You agree that you will not (and you will not allow any other person to):
use the Service in any way that is unlawful, improper, or fraudulent; that is defamatory, threatening, abusive, pornographic, objectionable; or which advocates bigotry, hatred, or discrimination;
access, use, share, or otherwise exploit the Service or any content appearing on the Services for any commercial, business, or monetised purpose (this does not apply to any ‘user contributions’ created and posted by you and in which you retain ownership rights - please see the section about ‘Contributions made by you’) or for any other purpose not expressly permitted in these Terms;
reproduce, duplicate, publish, copy, share, or re-sell any part of the Service;
extract any data or metadata from any Content or the Service (including by means of so-called "scraping");
use the Service in a way that could damage, disable, overburden, impair or compromise our systems or security or interfere with other users;
circumvent any digital rights management software or geo-blocking software (including by the use of a VPN or other similar technologies to mask your location);
incorporate the Service into another service or website;
transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of Service;
access, collect, text, or data mine any Content from the Service by any automated means (including without limitation by spider, script, service, software or any manual or automatic device, tool or process) or any other method, whether directly or through an intermediary, intended to circumvent the prohibitions set forth in these Terms;
use any content, data or information (including associated metadata) from the services for any machine learning or artificial intelligence (AI) purposes, including, but not limited to, developing, building, training, fine tuning, or grounding or otherwise utilizing in any large language models (LLMs), machine learning tools, or generative AI systems;
access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt (a) any part of the Service; (b) any equipment or network on which the Service is stored; (c) any software used in the provision of the Service; or (d) any equipment, network or software owned or used by any third party; or
alter, delete or conceal any copyright, trade mark, service mark or other notices contained within our content or Services.
(together the Acceptable Use Restrictions).
Contributions made by you – our House Rules and usage rights
The Platform may enable users to post, upload, submit, or otherwise make available contributions such as (without limitation) comments, etc. (collectively, User Contributions). When you post, upload, submit, or otherwise make available any User Contributions via the Platform, you warrant (i.e., promise) and represent that:
the creation, distribution, transmission or public display, and the accessing, downloading or copying of any of your User Contributions, does not and will not infringe the intellectual property, moral, or other rights of any third party;
you are the creator and owner of, or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, releases and permissions, to use and to authorise us to use your User Contributions in any manner contemplated by the Service and these Terms;
your User Contributions are not false, inaccurate, or misleading; do not contain any material which is in defamatory, obscene, unlawful, harmful, offensive, or inappropriate; do not bully, ridicule, mock, disparage, intimidate, or abuse anyone; and do not constitute a contempt of court or expose us or any third party to any civil or criminal proceedings;
your User Contributions do not violate any applicable law, regulation, or rule;
your User Contributions do not contain any material that solicits personal information from anyone or exploits or seeks to exploit anyone in a sexual or violent manner;
your User Contributions are not and do not contain or relate to unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, pyramid schemes, chain letters, spam, mass mailings, or other forms of solicitation;
your User Contributions do not violate any law concerning child pornography, and are not otherwise intended to, nor could be reasonably expected to, negatively affect the health (including mental health) or well-being of minors;
your User Contributions do not include any offensive comments that are connected to race, national origin, gender, sexual preference, or physical disability, or any other protected or vulnerable category; and
your User Contributions do not otherwise violate, or link to any materials that violate, any provision of these Terms, or any applicable law or regulation,
(together our House Rules).
You acknowledge and agree that:
we have no responsibility to review or actively moderate any User Contributions;
we do not endorse any User Contributions and cannot guarantee that they will meet any particular standards;
any views expressed in the User Contributions do not necessarily reflect our views.
Consequently, we do not accept any responsibility or liability for User Contributions or any actions that you may take in reliance on them.
By submitting User Materials, you grant to us a non-exclusive and irrevocable licence to use, edit, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, make available and display your User Materials via the Platform without restriction.
Ending your rights under these Terms
We may end your rights under these Terms immediately and without notice if:
you breach these Terms including (without limitation) any of the Acceptable Use Restrictions or House Rules; or
we determine in our reasonable judgment that your use of the Service is unsuitable in any way.
If we end your rights under these Terms, you must immediately stop all activities authorised by these Terms, including your access of the Service, and we may permanently ban you from the Service and any other sites/services operated by our corporate group.
Closing your own account
You can close your own account at any time in the settings section of our app and following the instructions.
Our responsibility to you
We do not exclude or limit our liability to you where it would be unlawful to do so. This includes our liability for:
death or personal injury caused by our negligence or the negligence of our employees, agents, or subcontractors;
fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or
breach of your statutory rights as a consumer.
Except as set out in the paragraph above, you accept and agree that we will not be responsible for any damage or loss caused to you or any third party where such damage or loss:
is not reasonably foreseeable to you and us when you use the Service (loss or damage is foreseeable if either it is obvious that it will happen or if, at the time the contract was made, both we and you knew it might happen);
is caused by your breach of these Terms or use of the Service (including any Content) otherwise than as permitted by us; or
results from an event or series of events outside our reasonable control such as (for example) weather conditions, acts of nature or ‘acts of God’, war or terrorism, insurrection, riots, civil disorders or rebellion, pandemics, quarantines or embargoes, labour strikes, or other causes beyond our reasonable control.
We do not guarantee that your use of the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that the results that may be obtained from the use of the Service will be accurate or reliable. From time to time, your access to the Service may be suspended or restricted to allow for maintenance, repairs, upgrades, or the introduction of new functions. We will not be liable to you if for any reason the Service is unavailable at any time or for any period.
We are not responsible for the acts or omissions of any third party, including any third party provider of apps/platforms used to access the Service.
Your obligation to us
You agree to compensate us for any cost, demand, proceeding, loss, damages or expense sustained or incurred by us due to or arising out of your breach of these Terms.
Intellectual property rights
The Service and all materials available on, in, or via the Service (including the Content and all other text, graphics, photos, logos, button icons, images, trademarks, audio and audio visual content, music and other sounds, databases, data compilations, and data (together the Service Content)) are owned and controlled by or licensed to us. You have no rights in, or to, the Service Content other than the right to access the Service Content strictly in accordance with these Terms. You may not copy, adapt, display, share, communicate to the public or otherwise use any Service Content except as enabled and permitted by these Terms from time to time.
Third party updates
If you’re using third party apps (e.g., mobile apps, smart device apps, etc.) to access the Service, app updates may be issued through the relevant third parties. Depending on the update, you may not be able to use those apps to access the Service until you have downloaded or updated to the latest version and accepted any new terms. We have no control over, or liability, for this.
Websites we link to
The Platform may offer links to other websites from which third party products and services can be obtained. These other websites are independent from us. We make no representations, endorsements, or warranties as to the legitimacy, accuracy or quality of any products or services available via these links, and we do not accept any responsibility for their content, safety, practices or privacy policies.
Computer viruses
To the extent within our reasonable control, we will use reasonable efforts to ensure that no part of the Service will contain or spread any viruses or other malicious code. However, we recommend that you ensure any equipment used to access the Service runs up-to-date anti-virus software as a precaution, and you are advised to virus-check any Content accessed via the Service and regularly check for the presence of viruses or other malicious code.
No reliance on information
All information published on or via the Service is provided for general information purposes only. We make no warranties about the completeness, reliability, or accuracy of such information. Any action you take based on such information is taken at your own risk.
Getting in touch with us
If you wish to contact us for any other reason, you can do so as follows:
Talk - Contact Us
Virgin Radio UK - Contact Us
talkSPORT: Contact Us
We will not tolerate offensive, racist or abusive language to our staff, personal attacks, harassment or any other inappropriate behaviour.
Other important terms
We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms to another organisation, but this will not negatively affect your rights or our obligations under these Terms.
If we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that does not mean that we have waived our rights against you, and it does not mean that you are relieved of your obligations under these Terms. If we do waive a breach by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later breach by you.
Each of the terms and conditions of these Terms operates separately. If any court or competent authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining terms and conditions will remain in full force and effect.
These Terms are governed by English law and the courts of England and Wales have non-exclusive jurisdiction, provided that such choice of law and jurisdiction will not deprive you of any mandatory consumer protections in your country of residence (if different).