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ICASA will be holding public hearings on the local content Discussion Paper in Cape Town, Durban and…

The legal basis allowing for the existence of community of interest radio stations was noted during parliament’s recent community radio hearings.

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ICASA has stated that it will make the first batch of decisions on outstanding non-competitive four-year community radio applications for Gauteng, Western Cape and Kwazulu Natal by the end of April 2001. Decisions will be communicated to…

After serving as NAB chair for two years, Anton Harber has stepped down although he will continue to serve on the NAB`s executive…

Attempts to encourage media development and diversity have the full support of the NAB. But the NAB has noted that the creation of a proposed new agency to carry out these functions may be costly and…

Like radio broadcasters, television channels are also complying with their local content requirements - in some cases, channels are exceeding the quotas asked of them. Television broadcasters spend, on average, one-and-a-half person days a…

Research commissioned by the NAB shows that radio broadcasters work hard to meet the existing local content quota of 20 percent, and are making a significant financial contribution to the music…

In a briefing to industry on Tuesday 14 November, ICASA announced that they will be concentrating on the following broadcasting activities in the…

Many fledgling community stations are still waiting for ICASA to have their licence hearings, delayed for more than three years in some provinces. KwaZulu-Natal will be the next province to go into licensing hearings, which are not yet…

The publication of a paper on the Media Development Agency is likely to be published shortly. This position paper follows the publication of a discussion paper earlier in the year, which proposed the establishment of an independent agency to…