Financial Management of Parliament Act, 2009
R 385
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000)RegulationsCode for Persons with Disabilities Regulations, 2021 : Effective October 20224. General Requirements for Communication and Information Provision to Persons with Disabilities for Television Broadcasting Service Licensee |
| (1) | Provision for Breaking News |
A television broadcasting service licensee must provide for a news text strapline, in case of breaking news across channels.
| (2) | Improving accessibility |
| (a) | A television broadcasting service licensee must ensure that its services are made available and are accessible to persons with Disabilities in accordance with these Regulations. |
| (b) | A television broadcasting service licensee must ensure that there is access to programme support including fact sheets and electronic programme guides (EPGs) on its website or its applications. |
| (c) | A television broadcasting service licensee may make broadcasting services more accessible to persons with Disabilities by doing the following:— |
| (i) | providing a range of formats on a television broadcaster’s website (such as electronic versions and audio clips); |
| (ii) | incorporating Accessibility Services into advertisements, economic indicators, weather details, telephone numbers and addresses or details of goods and services shown on screen; or |
| (iii) | making use of non-scheduled services such as access via personal video digital recorders (PVRs) and video on demand (VOD). |
| (3) | Warning to photosensitive viewers |
A television broadcasting service licensee must take special care when providing content that may disturb photosensitive audiences/viewers and issue warnings on the television screen prior to broadcasting for persons with photosensitive epilepsy.
| (4) | Minimum Percentages |
A television broadcasting service licensee must implement the minimum level percentages applicable to Accessibility Services relevant to its broadcasting service licence category, as indicated below.
| (a) | Subtitles: |
A television broadcasting service licensee must implement the following minimum percentages of total Subtitles, measured across its broadcasting service on Applicable Channels:
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Minimum Subtitling requirements |
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Public |
Commercial free to air |
Subscription |
Community |
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Year 1 |
10% |
5% |
2.5% |
2% |
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Year 2 |
20% |
5% |
2.5% |
2% |
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Year 3 onwards |
30% |
10% |
5% |
4% |
| (b) | Audio Description: |
A television broadcasting service licensee must implement the following minimum percentages of total Audio Description, measured across its broadcasting service on Applicable Channels:
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Minimum Subtitling requirements |
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Public |
Commercial free to air |
Subscription |
Community |
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Year 1 |
2% |
1% |
1% |
0.4% |
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Year 2 |
4% |
2% |
1% |
0.8% |
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Year 3 onwards |
6% |
3% |
1.5% |
1.25% |
| (c) | Closed Captioning: |
A television broadcasting service licensee must implement the following minimum percentages of total Closed Captioning, measured across its broadcasting service on Applicable Channels:
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Minimum Subtitling requirements |
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Public |
Commercial free to air |
Subscription |
Community |
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Year 1 |
5% |
5% |
2% |
1% |
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Year 2 |
5% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
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Year 3 onwards |
10% |
5% |
5% |
2% |
