Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Communications by The Broadcasting Unit

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Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on
Communicationsby The Broadcasting Unit

• Presented by Eric Nhlapo
• Date 08 October 2004

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Outline of Presentation

• Organogram
• Mandate
• Strategic Objectives
• Past Achievements
• Major Deliverables for 2004 / 2005
• Challenges
• Conclusion

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Organogram
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Mandate

• The Broadcasting Division exists in order to
  regulate
• broadcasting and for that purpose to
• promote the provision of a diverse range of sound
  and television broadcasting services on a
  national, regional and local level, which, when
  viewed collectively, cater for all language and
  cultural groups and provide entertainment,
  education and information.
• promote the development of public, commercial and
  community broadcasting services which are
  responsive to the needs of the public.
• ensuring fair competition between broadcasting
  licensees.
• encouragement of investment in the broadcasting
  industry.

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Strategic Objectives

• Encouraging economic growth and investment
• Developing programmes to address the dual economy
• First Economy and Secondary Economy
• promoting job creation
• Addressing the objective of Poverty Alleviation
• Ensuring affordability of services.

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Past Achievements

• Position Paper and Regulations on Ownership and
  Control of Broadcasting Services and Existing
  Commercial Sound Broadcasting Licences
• Recommendations to be tabled in Parliament to
  amend sections 48, and 50 of the IBA Act, which
  will allow regulated consolidation in the
  industry and encourage foreign investment
• HDI definition to analyse ownership and
  empowerment issues
• Licensing of 7 new commercial sound broadcasters
  over next two years, increasing number of
  commercial sound broadcasting licenses from 13 to
  23

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Past Achievements

• Position Paper and Regulations on Sports
  Broadcasting Rights
• National sporting events on list cannot be
  acquired exclusively by subscription broadcasters
  and must be flighted on free-to-air television
• Position Paper and Regulation on Low Power Sound
  Broadcasting.

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Past Achievements

• Position Paper and Regulations on Regional and
  Local Television
• Public regional television licensing framework.

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Past Achievements

• Satellite Broadcasting
• ICASA received and granted applications for
  permission to broadcast and provide signal
  distribution of Sentech, Worldspace, Orbicom,
  Multichoice, Deukom Broadcasting and Commutanet.
• Publication of the Position Paper on Low Power
  Sound Broadcasting.
• Nail-Tiso
• The Authority decided that the Nail-Tiso
  application be granted without a hearing. Tiso
  Consortium can proceed with phase two of the Nail
  transaction.

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Past Achievements

• SABC
• Three television services and 17 sound
  broadcasting services of the SABC were renewed.
  The Authoritys reasons for the decisions taken
  are available on the website www.icasa.org.za and
  at the Authoritys Library.
• Election 2004
• The Authority monitored Party Election
  Broadcasts, Political Advertisements, Public
  Service Announcements, News Bulletins, Current
  Affairs and Special Election Broadcasts. The
  Authority monitored 44 502 items throughout the
  election period

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Major Deliverables for 2004 / 2005

• SABC Licence Amendment hearings
• MNet Licence Amendment hearing
• Regional TV hearings (SABC 4 and SABC 5)
• Licensing process for 21 Nodal Points
• BMCC hearing on Radio Today and Radio Turf

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Major Deliverables for 2004 / 2005

• Projects Targeted for Completion in 2004/05
• Subscription Broadcasting
• Review of Community Radio
• Review of Signal Distribution Tariffs
• Review of self-help stations
• Ten Year Review of Broadcasting Regulation
• Non-MTEF Projects
• Analysis of SABC Editorial Policies
• Broadcasting HIV/AIDS Study
• Policy assistance on Licence Amendments (SABC
  MNet)

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Major Deliverables for 2004 / 2005

• Project commenced for completion in 2005/06
• Review of Advertising and Sponsorship

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Challenges

• Convergence
• Digital Migration Input Implementation of
  Govt. Strategy
• Vision 2018

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Challenges

• Developing of policy on Childrens and Womens
  programming to ensure that this sector of the
  populations needs are being met in terms of
  entertainment and educational programming.
• Development of a regulatory framework to support
  and implement the DoC Strategy for Digital
  Migration and accommodate new digital
  broadcasting services
• Licensing of subscription broadcasting services
• Licensing of community TV
• Licensing of community sound broadcasters
  including the Nodal Points
• Licensing of low power sound broadcasting
  services

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Policy Cycle
Policy Development Research Department (PDRD)
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• Conclusion

Broadcasting Division