Public Broadcasting in Africa Series : Uganda.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 - Country Facts -- 1. Government and political structures -- 2. Socio-economic indicators -- 3. Ethnic composition and languages -- 4. Religion -- 5. Main challenges -- 6. Media and communication landscape -- 7. Brief history of broadcasting -- 2 - Media Legislation and Regulation -- 1. International, continental and regional standards -- 2. The Constitution -- 3. General media laws and regulations -- 4. Other laws with an impact on media and freedom of expression -- 5. Jurisprudence -- 6. Conclusions and recommendations -- 3 - The Broadcasting Landscape -- 1. The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation -- 2. Commercial/private broadcasters -- 3. Community and other forms of broadcasting -- 4. Accessibility of services and technical standards -- 5. Concentration of media ownership -- 6. Conclusions and recommendations -- 4 - Digitalisation and its Impact -- 1. Background -- 2. Preparedness for switch-over to digital within government and industry -- 3. Preparedness for switch-over to digitalisation on the part of consumers -- 4. Convergence -- 5. Increased competition -- 6. Conclusions and recommendations -- 5 - Broadcasting Legislation and Regulation -- 1. Regulatory mechanisms -- 2. Broadcasting policy -- 3. Licensing of broadcasters and enforcement of licence conditions -- 4. Complaints and conflict resolution systems -- 5. Conclusions and recommendations -- 6 - The Uganda Broadcasting Corporation -- 1. Legislation -- 2. UBC profile -- 3. Organisational structures -- 4. Attitudes towards public broadcasting within UBC -- 5. Attitudes from outside UBC -- 6. Conclusions and recommendations -- 7 - Funding of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation -- 1. Main sources of funding -- 2. Spending -- 3. Conclusions and recommendations -- 8 - Programming.

1. Programme formats -- 2. Programme/editorial policies and guidelines -- 3. Programme schedules -- 4. News and current affairs programmes -- 5. The talk show phenomenon -- 6. Feedback and complaints procedures at UBC -- 7. Conclusions and recommendations -- 9 - Broadcasting Reform Efforts -- 1. Previous reform efforts -- 2. Current reform efforts -- 3. Conclusions and recommendations -- 10 - Recommendations -- 1. Media legislation/regulation in general -- 2. Broadcasting landscape -- 3. Digitalisation -- 4. Broadcasting legislation and regulation -- 5. UBC legislation, mandate and operations -- 6. UBC funding -- 7. Programming -- 8. Broadcast reform efforts.

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