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Proposed Law Pushes For 75% Local Content For Public Broadcasters

4 months agoMon, 25 Nov 2024 14:50:29 GMT
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Proposed Law Pushes For 75% Local Content For Public Broadcasters

The Broadcasting Services Amendment Bill, gazetted on Friday, seeks to make it mandatory for public broadcasters with multiple channels to broadcast at least 75 per cent local content across all their platforms.

However, broadcasting services emanating from outside the country will be exempt from this provision.

Licenced sports television channels will be required to dedicate 50 per cent of their airtime to local sports content and social media broadcasters transmitting national events will be compelled to register with the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ).

Insurance companies will be prohibited from selling motor vehicle insurance to individuals who do not hold valid ZBC radio licenses.

Subscription broadcasting service providers will be obligated to carry up to three channels from public broadcasters.

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The legislative changes aim to align the Broadcasting Services Act with the Constitution and the Public Entities Corporate Governance Act, supporting media diversity, enhancing local content production, and fostering sectoral investment.

Foreign ownership in broadcasting licenses will be capped at 40 per cent to ensure local majority ownership while attracting foreign investment.

Clause 21 amends the principal Act to require sports channels to broadcast 50 per cent local content, recognizing the commercial value of international sports while ensuring local content representation.

The Bill seeks to prohibit insurers from selling motor vehicle insurance to motorists without a valid ZBC radio licence.

Linking motor vehicle insurance to a ZBC radio licence ensures all vehicle owners contribute to this revenue stream, minimizing evasion.

Fees collected from radio licences are crucial for sustaining public broadcasting, especially for local content production, covering national events, and maintaining nationwide radio services.

Clause 15 inserts a provision prohibiting the sale of motor insurance to persons without a ZBC radio licence.

Clause 16 requires subscription broadcasting service licensees to transmit up to three channels of the public broadcaster.

The amendments aim to broaden BAZ’s regulatory powers to address currently unregulated areas, modernize the regulatory framework, and promote local cultural identity.

Clause 17 adds new regulatory powers for BAZ, including addressing migration issues due to technology changes, introducing monetary violation penalties for non-compliance, commissioning independently produced content, and ensuring language quotas.

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69 Comments

farai ted mandoreba · 4 months ago
they even show 1000000000000000% local content ... we dont watch rubish
burg · 4 months ago
ndobvisa radio yemumota ndotora boombox yemumba kkkkkkkk ndoisa mumota
burg · 4 months ago
tv yangu haibate zbc nyangwe ukatoenda pa channel ipapo inobva yadzima........ car radio license ndonzwa nekuvatiza handibhadhare
Buwada Buwada · 4 months ago
Usadherera ZiG nevagadziri vayo. Zvaendwa izvi. Now radio yakuto kosha kudarika mota. Soon you just report the car radio as stolen uvone Radio Theft Squad ichiita chipatapata kutsvaga radio, vozongo batanidzira nemota yacho pa recovery 💪💪
huru yadzo · 4 months ago
ko sei kuda lezinesi remota chete?ndiyo yegaineradio hre?hausi humbavhafuti iwowu
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
They're clearly out of touch with their citizenry, no one really watches Zanu BC these days. People are either using Openview or DStv while those who are privileged enough have streaming to keep them entertained. Besides who would want to watch propaganda all day long, the content produced by the South African public broadcaster SABC is much more entertaining than the nonsense produced north of the Limpompo.
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Absolutely 💯 correct. . What happens if you do not have a radio in your car. Why is it that if you are over 70 in age you can get a free licence for your TV and Radio at home, but you must pay for the radio in your car??
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
Well, they need the cash to finance their lavish lifestyles and that's probably the reason why they took the road collecting fees mandate from the local authorities so as to maximise their looting. The licences in this country are just too much that's why the informality is increasing, choosing to go formal will empty your pockets quickly.
dinosaur · 4 months ago
rambai makashinga 🎶🎵
Muchele · 4 months ago
On SA state broadcasters never have I seen zvinziyo zvebooty liking or politics lyk on Zbc,sabc focus on producing quality programs, than focusing on propaganda.South Africans know when it's not elections season,they don't broadcast anything to do with politics except news,manje kuno everyday zbc will b in elections mood n its sad coz it results in channeling of resources towards the wrong things resulting in boring content..
. · 4 months ago
rambai makashinga volume 2 .....is cooking!!!
Yoyoyo · 4 months ago
😁😁😁Rules : (1) No nyaya dzemujolo, (2) Dating not allowed, (3) No politics, (4) No vulgar labguage, (5) No Ronaldo, Messi debate (6) No Man City fans
🦍 · 4 months ago
its amazing coz all Mp.s have accounts with Dstvs and yet they pretend to be 75% local content... who is watching zbc these days
zig zigler · 4 months ago
who still watches dbc these days
🌄🧱🍓🎊💞🍒🏆🍑🌽🍕👙 · 4 months ago
Jonathan Moyo is the one who introduced that system and the whole day we ended up songs like rambai makashinga imi takaitora nehondo because of this 75% local content of theirs whilst with their families they will be watching super content of outside the country of Zimbabwe.
· 4 months ago
Saka mota yangu isina radio, radio lisence ndoidii
Ediots · 4 months ago
censorship. vana Jonathan moyo tried it and it failed dismally. zvikwekwe zveZanu tongozvipa nguva, soon vanenge vakubayana. ZBC license is just like Touting, noone wants to pay the tout.
smart tec pro · 4 months ago
chabangu rakabvaa raitaa sei kbva paya arna kuzobatikaa
Nyoso · 4 months ago
@ snart tec pro, Tsabangu anowanukwa soon after election.....wait until 2028 !!
Nyoso · 4 months ago
Hie guys ! I am new here, who is the admin of this group ? Ndoda kuzivawo marules epano.
👀👀 · 4 months ago
paneni Shumba😄😄😄😄
Yoyoyo · 4 months ago
😁😁😁Rules : (1) No nyaya dzemejolo, (2) Dating not allowed, (3) No politics, (4) No vulgar language, (5) No Ronaldo, Messi debate, (6) No Man City fans, no Man City comments 😁😁😁
Yoyoyo · 4 months ago
@Vybz Kartel, asi unoita zvesoccer betting nechindege here kwaMWOS ?
Vybz Kartel · 4 months ago
Hesi vanin'ina vangu ! Ndokumbirawo maresults eEPL match - Newcastle vs West Ham
Nyoso · 4 months ago
Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham. Rakapera dzaka tarisana
Learnmore Marungudzi · 4 months ago
Marwadzo
🧐 🤔 🤨 🤪 · 4 months ago
Mu Zimbabwean Chaiye watches ZBC nekuti hanga farire ku watcher and news dzeku Joni kwausati wambo e ende kwausiri wafa akatsika ko
Muchele · 4 months ago
kutoona news dzekuSa kuribhoo haumbooni pachingobuda zvANC chete..even pastate broadcasters avo haumbooni zvinziyo zvebooty liking,shows people are concerned on working not politics everything..
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
Do you really live in Zimbabwe buddy 😂😂 because you are clearly out of touch with the rest of us. As for news why would I watch or listen to propaganda, I just follow the independent local newspapers and I'm always much better informed than the minority who watch Zanu BC.
113010 · 4 months ago
kukanga mbeu kurima kwakona
ZimSketch · 4 months ago
who still watches ZTV in this century
disgruntled citizen · 4 months ago
**** news, they should just shut down the ****ing radio & TV stations. ****ed up shows, ****ed up programming. everything is just ****ed. im fed up of these **** ass antics 🚮
Yoyoyo · 4 months ago
😁😁 enda unizvisungirira iwe fokoro kabiyas
disgruntled citizen · 4 months ago
getaway iwe Yoghurt. **** you, **** your phone, **** whatever that you're sitting on, **** your food & **** you again
disgruntled citizen · 4 months ago
go hang iwe Yoghurt. **** you, **** your phone, **** where you're seated on, **** your girlfriend & **** you again.
pedege · 4 months ago
me
dinosaur · 4 months ago
Rambai makashinga🎶🎵
Vic Venom · 4 months ago
Those creatives among us who have an insatiable thirst for making content should be salivating at this latest proposal....It is high time the nation's most creative minds get their works out there ...Rant over sanity restored
observer · 4 months ago
I'm a bit curious, what's stopping them from getting their works 'out there' right now?
🧐 🤔 🤨 🤪 · 4 months ago
Imwe content is yamusiri kuona ndiyo ka iyi yeku shonaliser and ndebelelizing English that's been a marvel of to many to follow listening and watching
Optimus · 4 months ago
Right, yava nguva yekuchiramba takashinga manje
Comic · 4 months ago
Dead BC
ZiGGy The Zanoid · 4 months ago
75% ??!! Oh no, can you imagine being subjected to 18 hours a day of dunderhead zanoid propaganda from the likes of zanu patriots .. yuk . thats enough to make anybody mentally disturbed ...
123 · 4 months ago
At least we can listen to the latest from Chief Hwenje and Mbare Chimutenga Choir 😁😁😁😁
Wasu · 4 months ago
ko zvitsvaa eree apana chatovhunduka isuu.. ko motoda kt munhu abise mari yekuteerera tsepete tsepete zuva rese eree
Mp · 4 months ago
ini kana shungu chero mukayisa ED ne mukadzi wake ne vana vake the whole day 100 per cent ini l don't watch or listen to Dead BC
🤡 Sinjipi Pinjisi · 4 months ago
Tichakaura nemichongoyo nhaka. Back to the days of Jonso.
Mp · 4 months ago
kkkk who cares 75percent of Zimbabweans watch free view and DSTV
citizen · 4 months ago
Haiwawo zvotevedzerwa nani izvozvo,neuwori hwazara muvanhu kudai.Mitero inotengwa radio license pasina.Chii chinoramba muZimbabwe.
Scud · 4 months ago
Ministers & all Government officials and departments should drive 75% locally assembled cars, and should eat 75% locally produced food while drinking 75% locally brewed whiskey(Tototo, Kachasu or Kambwa).
Tambaoga · 4 months ago
vakadzi venyu malocal content fut😂
Gaffer · 4 months ago
This is an immature approach. Quality is better than quantity. This will push people to dislike broadcasters like ZBC even more due to lack of quality content. You can't force broadcasters to air boring content. It's business after all.
Elon Musk · 4 months ago
ndezvenyu izvo local content kudii
...,. · 4 months ago
government was supposed to have put money into training people to produce local content but it just ended as a promise. there is no need to punish the viewer or listener with substandard content with the aim to get to 75%. presently some TV stations including Keyona can go for days with the message "video not available". instead of just enacting laws, government should first make sure that the laws are legislating on something tangible. can the law on 75% local content also stop or limit repeats, as some of the stations repeat a program three of four times, maybe more per day and some of the repeated programs have been there for years, and the year the programs were produced is now not being shown as the program is stopped before it gets to the very end
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Local content is all ZanuPF propaganda and distortions of what you would have seen with your own eyes...........
12345 · 4 months ago
Saka munhu wese anephone muhomwe achabhadharawo mutero kuZBC here nekuti 90% yemaphone anobata radio.
Bray Wyatt · 4 months ago
A mere wastage of time ... Been there done it what the heck.... These parliamentarians we voted in power both ZANU & CCC are all a bunch of physchotic I diots .....
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mnangagwa · 4 months ago
motor yangu Haina radio saka ndodii
screwdriver · 4 months ago
zve**** izvo
screwdriver · 4 months ago
tarira SA hainanikidze zviri kuitwa muno you see how we want to watch SA programme muno tinenge tichimanikidzwa kuona newziyana kana murimi wanhasi **** off
fejafeja · 4 months ago
kwatakabva ndiko kwatiri kuyenda🏃
Gunvosta · 4 months ago
Another s t u p i d unnecessary law NONSENSE
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Yoyoyo · 4 months ago
😁😁 Gadzirirai kupfeka ma safety shoe ne ma gum boot muchatsondwa minwe vanhu vachitamba borrowdale nekutamba muchongoyo

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