LEADER 04903oam 22006974a 450 001 9910462129403321 005 20210915033653.0 010 $a1-283-59334-3 010 $a1-920489-68-1 010 $a9786613905796 010 $a1-920489-66-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000246016 035 $a(EBL)1919401 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000713875 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11394801 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000713875 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10659920 035 $a(PQKB)10003265 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1919401 035 $a(OCoLC)813843999 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22831 035 $a(PPN)187343799 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1919401 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10597080 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390579 035 $a(OCoLC)900346160 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000246016 100 $a20110908d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPublic Boradcasting in Africa Series: Zimbabwe$fby the African Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project, Open Society Initiative Southern Africa, and Open Society Institute Media Programme 210 1$aRosebank :$cOpen Society Initiative for Southern Africa,$d2009. 210 4$dİ2009. 215 $a1 online resource (120 p.) 225 0 $aPublic broadcasting in Africa series 300 $a"An Open Society Institute Network publication" -- Cover. 311 $a1-920355-26-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acronyms; Foreword; Introduction; 1 - Country Facts; 1. Historical background; 2. Government; 3. Economic and social development; 4. Rule of law; 5. Media landscape; 6. Brief history of broadcasting in Zimbabwe; 2 - Media Legislation and Regulation; 1. International, continental and regional standards; 2. The Constitution of Zimbabwe; 3. General media laws and regulations; 4. Other laws with an impact on media and freedom of expression; 5. The media and the inclusive government; 6. Conclusions and recommendations; 3 - The Broadcasting Landscape 327 $a1. The state broadcaster2. Commercial/private broadcasters; 3. Community broadcasting; 4. Technical standards and accessibility of services; 5. Conclusions and recommendations; 4 - Digitalisation and its Impact; 1. Preparedness for switch-over to digitalisation; 2. Convergence; 3. Conclusions and recommendations; 5 - Broadcasting Legislation and Regulation; 1. The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ); 2. Licence conditions; 3. Conclusions and recommendations; 6 - The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation; 1. Legislation; 2. Services of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation 327 $a3. Organisational structures of the ZBC4. Conclusions and recommendations; 7 - Funding of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation; 1. The ZBC commercialisation process; 2. Current sources of funding; 3. Spending; 4. Conclusions and recommendations; 8 - Programming; 1. Background; 2. Current programming of the ZBC; 3. Feedback and complaints procedures; 4. Conclusions and recommendations; 9 - Broadcasting Reform Efforts ; 1. Background; 2. Current reform efforts; 3. Conclusion and recommendations; 10 - Recommendations; 1. Constitution; 2. Media laws in general; 3. Access to information 327 $a4. Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe5. Broadcasting landscape; 6. Digitalisation; 7. Broadcasting legislation; 8. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC): Legislation; 9. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC): Funding; 10. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC): Programming; 11. Campaigns for broadcasting reforms; Back Cover 330 $aThis report is the result of research that started in 2008 with the aim of collecting, collating and writing up information about regulation, ownership, access, performance as well as prospects for public broadcasting reform in Africa. The Zimbabwe report is part of an 11-country survey of African broadcast media, evaluating compliance with the agreements, conventions, charters and declarations regarding media that have been developed at regional and continental levels in Africa. The research was carried out by Dr Sarah Chiumbu who has worked in different capacities in media in Zimbabwe and cu 606 $aBroadcasting policy$zZimbabwe 606 $aPublic broadcasting$xGovernment policy$zZimbabwe 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBroadcasting policy 615 0$aPublic broadcasting$xGovernment policy 676 $a384.54065 712 02$aOpen Society Institute.$bMedia Programme. 712 02$aOpen Society Initiative for Southern Africa. 712 02$aAfriMAP. 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462129403321 996 $aPublic Boradcasting in Africa Series: Zimbabwe$92437856 997 $aUNINA