13 extend the two-month deadline by eight months at most if this is necessary to ensure that the application procedure is fair, reasonable, clear and transparent or to supplement the information in the applications or for other special reasons. Any extension to the deadline shall be announced publicly. The Government shall, taking into consideration the television broadcasting of the area in question as a whole, aim at promoting freedom of speech as well as safeguarding the diversity of the provision of programmes and the needs of special groups of the public in a way that best promotes the aims provided in section 1. Section 26 Granting a licence for public interest television operations The capacity needed for public interest television operations is prescribed by Government Decree issued on the basis of section 95(1) to safeguard freedom of speech, the diversity of communications and the multitude of programmes. Ficora shall follow the procedure in sections 23 and 25(1) in granting a programming licence for public interest multiplexes referred to in subsection 1. A programming licence must be granted if: 1) the applicant has paid the application fee set out in section 285; 2) the broadcasts are freely available; 3) the broadcasts are available throughout Finland with the exception of the Åland Islands Region; 4) the broadcasts contain daily Finnish or Swedish programmes; 5) the broadcasts contain daily news and current affair programmes; 6) the broadcasts contain audio-subtitling and subtitling services referred to in section 211; and 7) the applicant has submitted an adequate statement regarding programme distribution management. In preparing the decision, Ficora shall, if needed, consult with the Ministry of Transport and Communications and act in cooperation with it. If there is not adequate transmission capacity for all applicants that meet the requirements of subsection 3 or if granting a programming licence could have a significant effect on the general development of the communications market, the licence is granted by the Government. Ficora shall publish the information and notify the applicant that the matter has been transferred to a competent authority. Within two weeks of the transfer, an applicant for a licence may submit an application augmented by the planned programme content to the Government. The Government shall grant a licence to the applicant who best meets the requirements laid down in subsection 3 and section 25(1) and (5). The Government shall decide on the matter within the time period referred to in section 25(4). A public interest programming licence may only be granted to one undertaking of a group referred to in Chapter 1(6) of the Accounting Act. It is the licencing authority’s duty to oversee that the public interest programming licence holder will have adequate terrestrial television capacity necessary for the broadcasting. Section 27 Programming licence terms A programming licence may be granted for a maximum period of ten (10) years.