Financial Management of Parliament Act, 2009
R 385
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000)RegulationsICASA Regulations on Local Television Content6. 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. |
