BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008)
services available in the licence area of the licence (including another service operated by the
licensee), contributes to the provision of an adequate and comprehensive range of broadcasting
services in that licence area.
PART IV
COMMUNITY BROADCASTING
Additional conditions of community broadcasting licences
10.(1) Each community broadcasting licence is subject to the following conditions⎯
(a)
the licensee shall not broadcast any political matter;
(b)
the licensee shall continue to represent the community interest that it
represented at the time when the licence was allocated;
(c)
the licensee shall encourage members of the community that it serves to
participate in⎯
(i)
the operations of the licensee in providing the service; and
(ii)
the selection and provision of programmes under the license;
(iii)
the membership of its governing body.
(2) A community broadcasting licensee may broadcast sponsorship announcements that run
in total for not more than four minutes in any hour of broadcasting.
(3) A community television broadcasting licensee may broadcast sponsorship
announcements only during periods before programmes commence, after programmes end or
during natural programme breaks.
(4) In calculating the length of time dedicated to the broadcasting of sponsorship
announcements, the following shall not be included⎯
(a) material that promotes the licensee’s products, services or activities for the broadcast
of which the licensee does not receive any consideration in cash or in kind;
(b) material that publicises programmes to be broadcast by the licensee;
(c) community information or promotional material for broadcast of which the licensee
does not receive any consideration in cash or in kind;
(d) sponsorship announcements consisting
pattern.
of moving text that is overlaid on a test
SIXTH SCHEDULE (Section 11(3))
LOCAL CONTENT CONDITIONS
Definitions
1. In this Schedule
“music from Africa” means music that is produced and performed by persons from the
African continent and is lawfully available in Zimbabwe;
“performance period” means the period between 0500 hours and 2300 hours every day;
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