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Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000)

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ICASA Regulations on Local Television Content

6. Subscription Television Broadcasting

 

(1) A subscription television broadcasting licensee must ensure that within twenty four (24) months of gazetting of these regulations in the case of existing licensee or within 24 months of issuing of a licence to a new licensee or within such longer period as the. Authority may determine, a minimum of 15% percent of their annual content acquisition budget is spent on local television content programming.

 

(2) A subscription broadcasting service licensee that acquires channels must ensure that, a minimum of 15% of their total annual channel acquisition budget, measured across its service as a whole, is spent on channels with local television content that are compiled and up linked from South Africa.

 

(3) The broadcasting by a subscription television broadcasting licensee of licensed free-to-air public television broadcasting services, licensed free-to-air commercial television broadcasting services and licensed community television broadcasting services will not count towards its compliance.