TV Stations In Zimbabwe
Before the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) awarded six free-to-air national commercial television broadcasting licences in terms of the Broadcasting Services Act Zimbabwe had one television station. As a result, Zimbabwe now has 7 TV stations including the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. The licences were awarded on 24 November 2020.
A “free-to-air” broadcasting service is one that is not encoded, i.e., does not require a decoder to enable its signal to be received.
The six licences were awarded after fourteen short-listed applicants underwent a public interview process in October, as required by the Broadcasting Services Act. The TV stations were given eighteen months to begin broadcasting, failing which licences would be liable to forfeiture.