News 2001 archive

At a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) workshop held in Pretoria on 21 and 22 May on the subject of collective management of copyright, NAB chair Randall Abrahams spoke out about broadcasters’ concerns on the possible implementation of…

ICASA has published its Draft Broadcast Frequency Plan which lays out the allocation of frequencies for different categories of broadcasting…

Draft amendments to copyright law which, if passed, will result in the introduction of ‘needletime’ have again been tabled. This follows a consultation process with stakeholders last…

Amidst the 50 or so submissions on the local content quotas there are only two from major recording companies – BMG and Gallo – both of whom state that increased quotas will not necessarily assist the South African music…

Well-regarded Australian radio man John Martin, will jet into Johannesburg this week to join the NAB as it addresses the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) on its review of local content…

The new NAB executive committee has approved a business plan which will see the NAB harnessing its full potential, focusing on efficiency and on becoming more responsive to the members we…

Cabinet has taken a policy decision that the institutional, human resources and financial capacity of ICASA will be strengthened to enable it to maximise the delivery of effective regulatory…

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…