public hearings on Must Carry Obligations
13 November 2007
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) will
conduct public hearings on the regulations in respect of Must Carry Obligations
for Subscription Broadcasting Services. The Authority is to prescribe
regulations regarding the extent to which subscription broadcast services must
carry the television programmes provided by a public broadcasting service
licensee. Such obligations are to be subject to commercially negotiable
terms.
The hearings are preceded by a Discussion Document published by the
Authority in September 2007, wherein interested parties were invited to submit
written representation.
The Authority also awarded commercial satellite and cable subscription
broadcasting licenses to five successful applicants in September 2007. The
regulations envisaged will prescribe the extent to which these successful
applicants will carry the programmes of public broadcasting service
licensees.
The public hearings will be held as follows:
Venue: Block C, Icasa Presentation Room 164 Katherine Street Pinmill Farm
Sandton
11 December 2007
09h00 to 10h30: On Digital Media (ODM)
11h00 to 11h30: Tea break
11h00 to 12h30: E-TV/E-SAT
12h30 to 14h00: Lunch break
14h00 to 15h30: Walking On Water (WOW)
12 December 2007
09h00 to 10h30: Multi-Choice
10h30 to 11h00: Tea break
11h00 to 12h30: Telkom Media
12h30 to 13h30: Lunch break
14h00 to 15h30: South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)
Any enquiries in relation to the hearings should be directed to:
Dimakatso Mashile
Project Leader
Tel: 011 321 8457
E-mail: dmashile@icasa.org.za
Marschelle Tillek
Project Assistant
Tel: 011 321 8457
E-mail: mtillek@icasa.org.za
Enquiries:
Sekgoela Sekgoela
Tel: 011 321 8434
Cell: 079 492 3450
E-mail: ssekgoela@icasa.org.za
Issued by: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
13 November 2007
