The Authority may impose additional specific terms and conditions upon a Licensee in terms of section 9(7) of the Act, and the related legislation. These specific terms and conditions will be contained in the Schedule and may include but are not limited to:
a) | geographic coverage area of the licensed BS setting out the scope of coverage (regional or national) and universal service and access targets, if any; |
b) | technology platform to be used in providing the licensed BS (e.g terrestrial analogue, terrestrial digital, cable, satellite etc); |
c) | language (s) of the licensed BS; |
d) | format of the licensed BS, including but not limited to the content and presentation type of the sound and or television BS e.g full service, adult contemporary, talk radio etc; |
e) | local content obligations of the licensed BS in addition to those prescribed by the Authority; |
f) | other general programming obligations of the licensed BS, including without limitation, obligations in respect of news, actuality programming, political issues of public interest, educational programming and programming to meet the needs of children, the youth, women and disabled persons etc; |
g) | ownership and control structure of the Licensee; |
h) | obligations in respect of ownership and control by persons from historically disadvantaged groups in respect of the Licensee, in addition to those prescribed by the Authority; |
i) | human resources training and skills development undertaken by the licensee; |
j) | community-related obligations of the licensed BS; |
k) | broadcast hours of the licensed BS if fewer than twenty four (24) hours per day; and |
l) | in relation to the South African Broadcasting Corporation: |
i) | its obligations in respect of publicising the Television Licence fee; |
ii) | cross-subsidisation issues as between its public commercial and public services; and |
iii) | the provision of audited financial statements to the Authority |