Fiji Broadcasting Commission (FBC) has granted digital television licence to Fiji Television for a period of 12 years which will be effective from 1 July.
“We have now extended licence to a period of 12 years. As you know Government has been carrying out a number of substantive works in regards to spectrum allocation in Fiji which has led to a number of changes,” said Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Minister for Communications.
FBC has directed Fiji TV to transition from analogue to digital as soon as possible – with at least the Suva-Nausori corridor to be finalised at the end of this year. However, the government has planned to extend time for transition. Fiji TV is also asked to focus more on local content. FBC has mandated that there should be at least 25 hours of local content, of which 13 hours should not be local sports but content produced locally.
Fiji TV’s broadcasting licence expires on 30 June. The TV network had six-month licence since 2012. It faced criticism from government over two incidences – the coverage of a former Prime Minister who had been critical of the Frank Bainimarama led regime and over the refusal to share the exclusive feed of World Rugby’s coverage of the rugby sevens tournament.
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