Public Broadcasting in Africa Series: Uganda / by the Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, Open Society Initiative for East Africa and Open Society Media Program

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462132903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Rosebank : , : Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, , 2010; ©2010
• ISBN: 1-283-59333-5; 1-920489-71-1; 9786613905789; 1-920489-69-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (162 p.)
• Collana: Public broadcasting in Africa series
• Altri autori (Persone): LugalambiGeorge W
• Disciplina: 384.54065
• Soggetti: Broadcasting policy - Zimbabwe; Public broadcasting - Government policy - Zimbabwe; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "An Open Society Institute Network publication" -- Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Landscape 1. 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 Regulation 1. 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 - Programming 1. 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; 7. Programming 8. Broadcast reform efforts