Act No. 4, 1999
BROADCASTING ACT, 1999
(b) be varied and offer a range of South African content and analysis from a
South African perspective;
(c) must be drawn from local, regional, national and international sources;
(d) provide a reasonable, balanced opportunity for the public to receive a
variety of points of view on matters of public concern;
(e) provide a significant place for programmes produced by the independent
production sector;
(f) comply with a code of conduct for broadcasting services as prescribed in
terms of the Electronic Communications Act;
[Paragraph (f) substituted by Section 3(b) of Act No. 64 of 2002]
[Paragraph (f) amended by Section 97 of Act No. 36 of 2005]
(6) A range of programming in the Republic's official languages must be
extended to all South Africans as circumstances permit.
(7) The human resources development strategy for the broadcasting sector must
be viewed holistically in terms of qualification standards, skills development,
teaching, inter-relationships with the complementary sectors and the funding of
the training system.
CHAPTER III
This Chapter emphasises the need to adopt a more comprehensive approach to
broadcasting and broadcasting services to be in line with international practices and
technological developments.
Part 1: Broadcasting licences
Licences
4.
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[Section 4 substituted by Section 4 of Act No. 64 of 2002]
[Section 4 repealed by Section 97 of Act No. 36 of 2005]
Classes of licences
5.
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Authority may, on such conditions
as it may determine, issue a sound or television broadcasting service licence for
a specified area in the following broadcasting service categories:
(a) a public broadcasting service;
(b) a commercial broadcasting service; and
(c) a community broadcasting service.
(2) Subject to this Act, broadcasting licences are categorised as(a) free-to-air broadcasting service;
(b) terrestrial subscription broadcasting service;
(c) satellite subscription broadcasting service;
(d) cable subscription broadcasting service;
(e) low power sound broadcasting service; and
(f) any other class of licence prescribed by the Authority from time to time
[Subsection (2) substituted by Section 5(a) of Act No. 64 of 2002]