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SUBSCRIPTION TV BROADCASTING: ICASA INQUIRY STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS
- 14 November 2023
- Communications & Digital Technologies
- SA Legal Academy
Please note: On 19 December 2023, a notice was gazetted extending the deadline for submissions to 15 February 2024.
Please note: Well after the notice was gazetted, the following questionnaires were posted on the ICASA website for stakeholder input:
- traditional broadcasters and over-the-top service providers
- Internet service providers
- content holders
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has gazetted a notice announcing its intention to consult further on matters relating to a subscription television broadcasting market inquiry begun in 2016.
At the time, the inquiry’s purpose was to identify issues underpinning an apparent reluctance by some licensees to commence operations. ‘Sustainability challenges’ were mentioned in that context.
According to ICASA, ‘rapidly changing developments in the market’ deemed ‘critical’ to the process of ‘coming to a finding’ were brought to its attention during public hearings held in January 2021. These developments include internet access, data prices, content, viewership patterns and technology.
Presumably, they were the focus of an additional consultation process begun in May 2022 and now reopened.
At the time of writing, the questionnaires to which ICASA refers in its notice were still not available on the authority’s website.
- Government Gazette notice
- July 2016 inquiry commencement notice
- September 2016 process clarification notice
- ICASA website page with links to all available documentation (the questionnaires referred to at the beginning of this report were added well after the notice calling for input was gazetted)
Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch