[Bp_localcontent] FW: Local Content Definition - maybe Locally Relevant Content

[michael gurstein]

In discussing the issues being raised in this forum a colleague from Kenya usefully forwarded the below. 

 

By doing this he also reminded of the quite considerable significance of national (i.e. “local”) content in the Canadian context <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_content> .  This issue has been highly controversial over the years with certain of Canada’s major trading partners (viz. the US) arguing that CanCon rules were a restriction of trade (culture being a tradable commodity like any other) and Canada arguing that (Canadian) “content” is an integral element of Canadian culture and thus is not tradable or subject to normal trading rules.

 

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Thanks Michael,

some light on what legally constitutes local content in Kenya.

*Local content definition and programming requirement as published under, Kenya Information and Communications Act(Cap 411A)- The Kenya Information and Communications (Broadcasting) Regulations, 2009 as follows: -

“local content” means the total of all television or radio programmes which fulfil any five of the following conditions:

(a) the production is made in either Kenya’s native languages or official languages of Kenya;

(b) production was done in Kenya;

(c) the content deals with issues that are unique and relevant to Kenyan audiences;

(d) at least twenty per centum of the share of the production company are owned by Kenyans;

(e) a majority of the artistes are Kenyans;

(f) the location of shooting, in case of audiovisual programmes or performance was in Kenya;

(g) the author thereof must be a Kenyan national and in case of co-authorship or multi-authorship fifty per centum or more of the authors must be Kenyan;

(h) the production is made under Kenyan creative and technical control;

but does not include news and commentaries;

http://www.kenyalaw.org/LegalNotices/pop_ln.php?file=357

 

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