BROADCASTING SERVICES ACT [CHAPTER 12:06] (as at 11th January 2008) “prime time” means the period between 1800 hours and 2200 hours every day. Television broadcasting licences 2. (1) A television broadcasting licensee must ensure that within two years of this Act coming into effect (in the case of a person lawfully providing a broadcasting service immediately before that date) or immediately upon the issue of the licence, or within such period as the Authority may determine, at least seventy-five per centum of its programming content (including repeats) in every week during the following periods (a) the performance period, not including prime time; and (b) prime time; and (c) any period before or after the performance period; consists of local television content and material from Africa. (2) Where a licensee provides a broadcasting service which has more than one channel, that licensee must ensure that in each and every week of the year, at least thirty per centum of the programming on each channel during the Zimbabwean television performance period, and during prime time, consists of local television content. (3) In complying with its obligations in terms of subparagraphs (1) and (2) a licensee must ensure that at least (a) seventy per centum of its drama programming consists of Zimbabwean drama; (b) eighty per centum of its current affairs programming consists of Zimbabwean current affairs; (c) seventy per centum of its social documentary programming consists of Zimbabwean social documentary programming; (d) seventy per centum of its informal knowledge-building programming consists of Zimbabwean informal knowledge-building programming; (e) eighty per centum of its educational programming consists of Zimbabwean educational programming; (f) eighty per centum of its children’s' programming consists of Zimbabwean educational programming. Subscription television broadcasting licensees 3(1) A subscription television broadcasting licensee shall ensure that, in each and every week of the year, at least thirty per centum of its programming, or some greater proportion as may be determined by the Authority, taking into account the nature of the service during encoded broadcasts in the performance period, consists of local television content within such programme categories as the Authority may determine. (2) Where a portion of the broadcasting service of a subscription television broadcasting licence is unencoded, then for the duration of that unencoded portion it must ensure that in each and every week of the year, at least fifty per centum of its programming, including repeats, consists of local television content within such programme categories as may be determined by the Authority. - 58 -