Stakeholders in the nation’s Digital Switch Over (DSO)
broadcast industry have insisted that local content must be 70 per cent or
nothing, reports ITRealms.
This is coming as they maintained that the collection of
Television (TV) and Radio License fee would be pooled to support content
production in the country.
Arising from a meeting of broadcast stakeholders convened by
the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) recently in Abuja, they affirmed
that the next phase of DSO journey would be the launch of the switch over in
the six states simultaneously.
ITRealms gathered that these six states include Kaduna in
North-West, Kwara in North-Central, Gombe in North-East, Enugu in South-East,
Osun in South-West and Delta in South-South.
The stakeholders in a 19-point communique made available to ITRealms at the end of the meeting, pointed out that hate speech and inciting
comments could endanger good order in the country, therefore, NBC was advised
to collaborate with Center for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development and
incorporate the outcome in the review of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code.
Broadcasters, the meeting said, should strike a balance
between freedom of speech and hate speech, urging NBC to be firm on the issues
of national security.
“That NBC should publish research works on various issues
beyond hate speech,” they submitted.
The meeting was declared open by the Director General of the
NBC, Mallam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu and had in attendance, Chairman, Broadcasting
Organizations of Nigeria (BON), Mr.John Momoh, Chairman Digiteam Nigeria, Engr.
Edward Amana, State Commissioners of Information, State Permanent Secretaries
in charge of Information, and 415 other participants made up of Broadcast
Licensees, Broadcast Signal distributors, Set Top Box manufactures, Content
aggregators, Content producers, media Correspondents and other stakeholders.
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