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Title Uganda : a survey / by the African Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, Open Society Initiative Southern Africa, and Open Society Institute Media Programme
Published Rosebank : Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 160 pages)
Series Public broadcasting in Africa series
Public broadcasting in Africa series.
Contents Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acronyms; Foreword; Introduction; 1 -- Country Facts; 1. Government and political structures; 2. Socio-economic indicators; 3. Ethnic composition and languages; 4. Religion; 5. Main challenges; 6. Media and communication landscape; 7. Brief history of broadcasting; 2 -- Media Legislation and Regulation; 1. International, continental and regional standards; 2. The Constitution; 3. General media laws and regulations; 4. Other laws with an impact on media and freedom of expression; 5. Jurisprudence; 6. Conclusions and recommendations
3 -- The Broadcasting Landscape1. The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation; 2. Commercial/private broadcasters; 3. Community and other forms of broadcasting; 4. Accessibility of services and technical standards; 5. Concentration of media ownership; 6. Conclusions and recommendations; 4 -- Digitalisation and its Impact; 1. Background; 2. Preparedness for switch-over to digital within government and industry; 3. Preparedness for switch-over to digitalisation on the part of consumers; 4. Convergence; 5. Increased competition; 6. Conclusions and recommendations
5 -- Broadcasting Legislation and Regulation1. Regulatory mechanisms; 2. Broadcasting policy; 3. Licensing of broadcasters and enforcement of licence conditions; 4. Complaints and conflict resolution systems; 5. Conclusions and recommendations; 6 -- The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation; 1. Legislation; 2. UBC profile; 3. Organisational structures; 4. Attitudes towards public broadcasting within UBC; 5. Attitudes from outside UBC; 6. Conclusions and recommendations; 7 -- Funding of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation; 1. Main sources of funding; 2. Spending; 3. Conclusions and recommendations
8 -- Programming1. Programme formats; 2. Programme/editorial policies and guidelines; 3. Programme schedules; 4. News and current affairs programmes; 5. The talk show phenomenon; 6. Feedback and complaints procedures at UBC; 7. Conclusions and recommendations; 9 -- Broadcasting Reform Efforts; 1. Previous reform efforts; 2. Current reform efforts; 3. Conclusions and recommendations; 10 -- Recommendations; 1. Media legislation/regulation in general; 2. Broadcasting landscape; 3. Digitalisation; 4. Broadcasting legislation and regulation; 5. UBC legislation, mandate and operations; 6. UBC funding
Notes "An Open Society Institute Network publication"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation.
SUBJECT Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation fast
Subject Public broadcasting -- Government policy -- Zimbabwe
Broadcasting policy -- Zimbabwe
Broadcasting policy
Zimbabwe
Form Electronic book
Author Lugalambi, George W
AfriMAP.
Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa
Open Society Institute. Media Programme
Other Titles On air, Uganda