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Broadcasting
Services Act, 2001
April 04, 2001
Contents
SIXTH
SCHEDULE - (Section 11(3))
Local
Content Conditions
1. Definitions
2. Television
broadcasting licensees
3. Subscription
television broadcasting licensees
4. Independent
television production
5. Radio
broadcasting licences
6. Subscription
radio broadcasting licensees
7. Minister
may prescribe other content conditions
1 Definitions
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In this Schedule—
"music from
Africa" means music that is produced and performed by persons
from the African continent and is lawfully available in Zimbabwe;
"performance
period" means the period between 0500 hours and 2300 hours every
day;"prime
time" means the period between 1800 hours and 2200 hours every
day.
2 Television
broadcasting licensees TOP
(1) A television
broadcasting licensee must ensure that within two years of this Act coming
into effect (in the case of a person lawfully providing a broadcasting
service immediately before that date) or immediately upon the issue of
the licence, or within such period as the Authority may determine, at
least 75 per centum of its programming content (including repeats)
in every week during the following periods—
(a) the performance
period, not including prime time; and
(b) prime time;
and
(c) any period
before or after the performance period; consists of local television
content and material from Africa.
(2) Where a licensee
provides a broadcasting service which has more than one channel, that
licensee must ensure that in each and every week of the year, at least
30 per centum of the programming on each channel during the performance
period, and during prime time, Consists of local television content.
(3) In complying
with its obligations in terms of subparagraphs (1) and (2) a licensee
must ensure that at least—
(a) 70 per
centum of its drama programming consists of Zimbabwean drama;
(b) 80 per
centum of its current affairs programming consists of Zimbabwean
current affairs;
(c) 70 per
centum of its social documentary programming consists of Zimbabwean
social documentary programming;
(d) 70 per
centum of its informal knowledge-building programming consists of
Zimbabwean informal knowledge building programming;
(e) 80 per
centum of its educational programming consists of Zimbabwean educational
programming;
(f) 80 per
centum of its children’s programming consists of Zimbabwean educational
programming.
3 Subscription
television broadcasting licensees TOP
(1) A subscription
television broadcasting licensee shall ensure that, in each and every
week of the year, at least 30 per centum of its programming, or
some greater proportion as may be determined by the Authority, taking
into account the nature of the service during encoded broadcasts in the
performance period, consists of local television content within such programme
categories as the Authority may determine.
(2) Where a portion
of the broadcasting service of a subscription television broadcasting
licence is unencoded, then for the duration of that unencoded portion,
it must ensure that in each and every week of the year at least 50 per
centum of its programming, including repeats, consists of local television
content within such programme categories as may be determined by the Authority.
4 Independent
television production TOP
Television broadcasting
licensees and subscription television broadcasting licensees must ensure
that at least 40 per centum of their local television content programming
consists of programmes which are independent television productions and
the independent television productions are spread reasonably evenly between
Zimbabwean drama, Zimbabwean social documentary, Zimbabwean informal knowledge-building,
Zimbabwean children’s and Zimbabwean educational programming.
5 Radio
broadcasting licences TOP
Every week during
the performance period a radio broadcasting licensee shall ensure that
within six months of this Act coming into effect, (in the case of a person
lawfully providing a radio broadcasting service immediately before that
date) or immediately upon the issue of a licence or within such longer
period as the Authority may determine, at least—
(a) 75 per
centum of the music broadcast consists of Zimbabwean music
(b) 10 per
centum of the music broadcast consists of music from Africa.
6 Subscription
radio broadcasting licensees TOP
A subscription radio
broadcasting licensee shall ensure that, in every week of the year—
(a) at least
30 per centum of the music broadcast during the performance period
consists of Zimbabwean music; and
(b) at least
10 per centum of the music broadcast consists of music from Africa;
and
(c) where a portion
of a subscription radio broadcasting service is unencoded, then for
the duration of that unencoded portion, at least 75 per centum of
the music broadcast is Zimbabwean music and at least 10 per centum
of the music broadcast is music from Africa.
7 Minister
may prescribe other content conditions TOP
(a) after notice
to the licensee concerned, prescribe other local content conditions;
(b) prescribe any
longer period for the purposes of subparagraph (1) of paragraph 2
or paragraph 5.
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