[ 2016-03-31 ]

Taking Obinim TV, others off-air ‘bold’ decision – GIBA
The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association
(GIBA), has commended the National Communication
Authority (NCA) for taking nine TV channels
off-air for breaching its regulations.

GIBA said it had earlier expressed concerns about
the operations of some of the channels and was not
surprised by the announcement.

The affected channels include controversial Bishop
Obinim’s OB TV, Kessben TV, Clive TV, ECN, Zoe
TV, BTA, ATV, Care TV, and Elijah TV.

Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Thursday,
Vice President of GIBA, Samuel Attah-Mensah said
“…the NCA in my estimation has taken a bold
step” but added that “it doesn’t end there;
we need to work on content.”

“As GIBA we’ve registered our concern about
this situation in a letter that was written to the
NCA few months ago. So we’ve been in discussions
with the NCA, not to do what they have just done
but to sanitize the digital TV space,” added Mr.
Attah-Mensah.

He said they were worried about the situation
“because you wake up every day to a new channel
broadcasting and we are at a loss as to who
granted authorization and who is even managing the
direction of this emergence.”

The NCA on Wednesday announced that it has taken
off nine stations including one that belongs to
controversial preacher, Bishop Obinim, for
breaching the guidelines under Section 2(4) of the
Electronic Communications Act, 2008, Act 775 and
also using a third party satellite infrastructure
provider to broadcast their programs via
satellite.

Meanwhile some Ghanaians say the sector agencies
including GIBA and the National Media Commission,
should also take action against media houses that
broadcast inappropriate content.

Mr. Attah-Mensah said both GIBA and the NMC are
worried about the matter but are handicapped due
to the lack of stringent regulations to streamline
the activities of media houses in the country.

Source - citifmonline.com

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