MMA in the Media
- Comment on the Public Service Broadcasting Bill
In this videoclip, William Bird of Media Monitoring Africa speaks with Polity’s Amy Witherden on the controversial Public Service Broadcasting Bill, which was released for public comment in October 2009.
- New deadline for broadcasting bill ‘cosmetic’
COMMUNICATIONS Minister Siphiwe Nyanda yesterday bowed to public pressure and extended the deadline for public comment on the controversial Public Service Broadcasting Bill to January 15, but media watchdog Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) called the extension “cosmetic”.
- Campaign to get more time for broadcast bill
MEDIA Monitoring Africa, a media policy watchdog, yesterday launched a campaign on its website calling for the public to petition the director- general of the Department of Communications, Mamodupi Mohlala, to allow more time to comment on the controversial Public Service Broadcast Bill, which it says will fundamentally change broadcasting.
- Petition to delay PBS Bill public summisions deadline
A petition to request the South African government to extend the deadline for public submissions on the proposed controversial Public Service Broadcasting Bill, from 7 December 2009 to the end of March 2010 has been put forward by media policy watchdog Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) together with the SOS (Supporting Public Broadcasting) Coalition.
- Public Broadcast Bill needs more time
More time is needed for the public to submit changes to the proposed Public Service Broadcasting Bill, Media Monitoring Africa said in a statement on Tuesday.
“We are asking the department of communications for a reasonable extension to the deadline for public submissions on the bill,” the watchdog’s director William Bird said in a statement.