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Media Freedom Day “Trends of ownership and control of media” 19 October 2009 Presented by

Media Freedom Day “Trends of ownership and control of media” 19 October 2009 Presented by Lumko Mtimde. Vision “Each and every SA citizen should have access to a choice of a diverse range of media”. Mission

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  1. Media Freedom Day “Trends of ownership and control of media” 19 October 2009 Presented by Lumko Mtimde

  2. Vision “Each and every SA citizen should have access to a choice of a diverse range of media” Mission “A development Agency that will assist in building an environment where a diverse, vibrant and creative media flourishes and reflects the needs of all South Africans” • Mandate • CREATE AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY WHICH REFLECTS THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF ALL SOUTH AFRICANS • REDRESS EXCLUSION AND MARGINALISATION OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND PERSONS FROM ACCESS TO THE MEDIA AND THE MEDIA INDUSTRY • PROMOTE MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSITY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT PRIMARILY TO COMMUNITY AND SMALL COMMERCIAL MEDIA PROJECTS Trends of ownership and control of media

  3. AVUSA • CAXTON/CPT • Kagiso Media • NASPERS • Primedia • SABC MAJOR SA MEDIA COMPANIES • The Independent Newspaper group

  4. BROADCAST MEDIA

  5. PUBLIC Broadcasting • SABC • 42% of total radio audience • 18 Radio stations • 15 PBS • 3 PCS • Private Commercial • Refer to table 9 of the MDDA report • 13 stations • National and regional • 17% of total radio audience • Community radio • Refer to Table 10 of report • 126 licence • 87 on air • 4.6% of radio audience RADIO SOURCE: AMPS and ICASA

  6. 11.1 million TV household • Public Broadcasting • PBS • SABC 1,2 • PCS • SABC3 • 69% of TV Audience • Private FTA • eTV • 22% of TV Audience • Subscription TV • Multichoice • DSTV • >1.6million subs in SA • MNET • <130000 Subs TELEVISION

  7. Telkom media is finalizing change of ownership, announcement expected soon

  8. Source : AMPS 2008

  9. TV AUDIENCE by PROVINCE Source : AMPS 2008

  10. PRINT MEDIA

  11. Newspaper Owners with at Least 3 Titles THIS INCLUDES ALL COMMUNITY AND NATIONAL PAPERS

  12. Magazine Owners with at Least 5 Titles SOURCE: Z-COMS

  13. Provincial Readership and Population Figures

  14. PRINT MEDIA OWNERS

  15. NEW MEDIA (ON-LINE NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES)

  16. The number of newspaper websites by Owner/Publisher

  17. The number of Magazine websites by Owner/Publisher

  18. More is still required to transform the media sector, in particular the print media. • Sustainability is a challenge for small and new print media operators, more so given the printing and distribution costs. Further, the MDDA print funding base is not growing to support this sector. • The Agency is working on developing long-term plans to address challenges of funding for the print media support, including providing low-interest loan in partnership with other development finance institutions. CONCLUSION Trends of ownership and control of media

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