Media watchdogs have warned Icasa to act in the public interest regarding digital migration.
Support Public Broadcasting Coalition and Media Monitoring Africa have told communications regulator Icasa to act in the public interest in digital broadcasting migration to avoid marginalising millions of poor South Africans.
In a joint presentation to Icasa, which is reviewing the digital migration regulations of 2012, Uyanda Siyotula, national coordinator at the SOS Coalition, and William Bird, executive director at MMA, said large financial interests should not determine how the migration to digital is done. “The licence conditions of the SABC and community broadcasters need to reflect the guarantees provided in regard to multiplex allocation with certain obligations to prioritise South African content. SOS Coalition and MMA recommend that assignments of capacity on the multiplexes must ensure the future viability of the SABC and community television,” the two lobby groups said in their presentation.
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