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The influence of regulatory approach on competition in the South African pay-TV marketThothela, Monamodi Owen 03 February 2014 (has links)
Thesis (M.M. (ICT Policy and Regulation))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Graduate School of Public and Development Management, 2013. / In the year 2004, before the advent of competition in the South African
subscription television broadcasting market the Independent Communications
Authority of South Africa (ICASA) identified various potential barriers to enter this
market. Then, in January 2006 ICASA issued an invitation to apply for
commercial satellite and cable subscription television broadcasting licenses.
Eighteen applications were received and five were licensed during November
2007. The purpose of this qualitative study is to assess how effective the
regulatory approach has been in addressing the identified entry barriers and in
promoting competition and convergence in this market. The findings from the
research study indicate that there is lack of effective and sustainable competition
and convergence in the market, and that the applicable light-touch regulatory
approach is preferred for this market but needs to be intensified. This may seem
contradictory, but it is not if the regulator is regarded as absconding from its
responsibilities. A significant finding is that ICASA is viewed as a weak regulator
that is absconding from its regulatory obligations in this market. Some of the
important negative findings include: there are extensive barriers to entry which
have created an uneven playing field that favours the dominant operator; ICASA
and the Department of Communications have been captured by the dominant
operator; there is monopoly in the ownership of content rights which stems from
abuse of content exclusive rights and lack of relevant regulations; and the
regulatory framework and licensing regime should be modified in the context of
the migration to the Digital Terrestrial Television transmission, the urgent need to
promote competition in this market and the creation of a converged
communications industry in the country.
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How Sepedi, one of the official languages South Africa is represented on the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)Phukubje, Mapitsi Elizabeth 11 June 2008 (has links)
ABSTRACT
This thesis investigates through theoretical analysis and imperative research, how
Sepedi is represented on SABC, especially on SABC 2 in accordance to the
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA). Looking back
Sepedi programming before democracy and after democracy, SABC has gone
through a major transition. This thesis visits the transitions that SABC went
through and how SABC is transforming to serve public interests. This essay will
composed of empirical observations to depict whether these aims are in fact pursued
and achieved.
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Sujetos étnicos e identidad nacional : urdimbre y fracaso del proyecto liberal en Ecuador y Brasil (1865-1936) / Urdimbre y fracaso del proyecto liberal en Ecuador y Brasil (1865-1936)Zambrano, María Alejandra 19 July 2012 (has links)
In my dissertation I adopt an interdisciplinary approach to explore a crucial moment in the intellectual history of Ecuador and Brazil and the way in which late 19th and early 20th century writers articulate a representational discourse that reveals the contradictions of liberalism and modernity. I argue that after entering the modern world-system, Ecuador and Brazil undergo a comparable modernization process, which entails the emergence of the cities of Guayaquil and Rio de Janeiro as new centers of political and economic power. The study of the coincidences and discrepancies between the two national processes sheds light on antagonistic cultural systems coexisting within the realms of the new metropolis.
My dissertation consists of an introduction and five chapters. In the introduction, I present the theoretical framework and explain the key concepts that are common currency in contemporary attempts to articulate cultural analysis with its social and historical reality. Chapters 1 and 2 look at the origins of Ecuadorian and Brazilian identities in the works of writers José de Alencar and Juan León Mera. I intend to trace budding national identities in each of their essays about language, race, and politics, as well as in their foundational fictions, Iracema: Lenda do Ceará (1865) and Cumandá: un drama entre salvajes (1879). Chapters 3 and 4 problematize the ways in which the novels O cortiço (1890), by Brazilian Aluízo Azevedo, and A la costa (1905), by Ecuadorian Luis A. Martínez, are linked to the intricate local debates about slavery, internal migration, and the participation of both national economies in the modern world system. I contend that the narratives of Azevedo and Martínez become “hinge-novels” for glimpsing the “national” within the “liminal,” even though they fail to foresee the disencounters between the dominant and the subaltern classes.
In Chapter 5, I explore the locus of enunciation from which Ecuadorian Jorge Icaza attempts to represent marginal social groups. I argue that Icaza’s Huasipungo (1934) reveals the ineffectiveness of the liberal project and helps establish the agency of marginalized groups in the Andean hacienda. The incorporation of these marginal discourses into his narratives constitutes the first endeavor to provide subaltern groups with a voice. / text
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Mobile internet access and affordability among youth in South Africa: rethinking universal service and access in the age of 'digital mobility'Masimbe, Chinoza January 2019 (has links)
Thesis (M.A. (Communication studies)) -- University of Limpopo, 2019 / The rates of Internet uses are still devastatingly low especially in developing countries
and South Africa is no exception. However, South Africa has had a state policy
commitment to attain Internet access for those who have been unconnected in the post Apartheid era (Electronic Communication Act, No 36 of 2005). The problem is that the policy application has been one-sided, only focusing on providing public fixed Internet
access through community libraries, Thusong service centres, hospitals and public
schools. While this effort is credible, it does little to address the upsurge of mobile
Internet access that is increasingly characterising the digital age. The age of digital
mobility represents a shift from fixed public Internet access to individualised mobile
Internet access through mobile phones. However, the high prices of mobile Internet
data make Internet access exclusionary in South Africa, making the needy persons to
remain outside of the digital revolution. This study explored issues regarding the high
cost of Internet data in South Africa and suggests ways on how universal service and
access policy can be formulated to focus on individualised mobile Internet connection.
Using a mixed method approach, a convenience sampling technique was used to recruit
200 University of Limpopo students to participate in a survey, and a purposive sampling
technique was used for selecting one official from the Independent Communication
Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and another official from the Universal Service and
Access Agency of South Africa (USAASA) to participate in the standardised semi structured interview. The results indicate that unless the universal service and access policy focuses on addressing the individualised mobile Internet access for needy
persons, tapping the benefits that the Internet provides will remain out of reach for many
South African youths.
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The representation of minority languages on SABC 1: the case of Siswati / Sihle HlopheHlophe, Sihle January 2014 (has links)
This dissertation interrogates the representation of SiSwati programming (a minority language) on SABC 1 It critically analyses the statutory provisions in place for language parity and utilises hegemony as the theoretical framework for understanding the concept of language parity in the South African broadcasting landscape. To the researcher’s knowledge, there is limited information pertaining to this particular research topic however, most of the previous literature refers to all eleven official languages and not SiSwati specifically. Hegemony, a strand of critical theory as developed by Antonio Gramsci, will serve as the theoretical base of this study. This study falls within the framework of qualitative research. An extensive literature study of various sources and a content analysis of the relevant legislative documents form the basis of the research.
SABC TV is positioned in a highly competitive, multi-channel market environment with powerful social, political and economic forces to contend with, this makes it difficult for SABC TV to fulfil its mandate of treating all eleven official languages equitably, hence languages such as SiSwati are underrepresented on national television. This study is seminal and relevant insofar as it offers a much needed insight into the plight of a marginalised language by the country’s public broadcaster. / MA (Communication Studies), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
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The representation of minority languages on SABC 1: the case of Siswati / Sihle HlopheHlophe, Sihle January 2014 (has links)
This dissertation interrogates the representation of SiSwati programming (a minority language) on SABC 1 It critically analyses the statutory provisions in place for language parity and utilises hegemony as the theoretical framework for understanding the concept of language parity in the South African broadcasting landscape. To the researcher’s knowledge, there is limited information pertaining to this particular research topic however, most of the previous literature refers to all eleven official languages and not SiSwati specifically. Hegemony, a strand of critical theory as developed by Antonio Gramsci, will serve as the theoretical base of this study. This study falls within the framework of qualitative research. An extensive literature study of various sources and a content analysis of the relevant legislative documents form the basis of the research.
SABC TV is positioned in a highly competitive, multi-channel market environment with powerful social, political and economic forces to contend with, this makes it difficult for SABC TV to fulfil its mandate of treating all eleven official languages equitably, hence languages such as SiSwati are underrepresented on national television. This study is seminal and relevant insofar as it offers a much needed insight into the plight of a marginalised language by the country’s public broadcaster. / MA (Communication Studies), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014
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Radio frequency spectrum monitoring: Officers' acceptance of monitoring technologies such as fixed direction findersPhoshoko, Silas M. January 2006 (has links)
Magister Commercii - MCom / The research focuses on the acceptance of new technologies within the telecommunications industry. The study examines three models namely Innovation theory, Theory of Reason Action (TRA), and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). This study explores the technology acceptance models in order to explain why certain monitoring officers at ICASA would prefer specific technologies over others. Models of interest could be the innovation theory, TRA and TAM. After reviewing both models, the author will examine the TAM in detail as a model of interest in this study. In turn, this model is expected to assist us to understand why monitoring officer's at ICASA would prefer a particular frequency monitoring technology over the other. / South Africa
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The interplay of sector regulators and competition authorities in regulating competition in telecomunications : the south African caseKhosa, Miyelani 04 1900 (has links)
The privatisation and liberalisation of telecommunications throughout the
world has resulted in the growing involvement of competition authorities in
telecommunications regulation, alongside telecommunications sector-specific
regulators. The existence of both sector specific rules and competition rules has brought
about a critical institutional challenge. The increased role of competition authorities in
the telecommunications sector raises the issue of inconsistent jurisdiction in the sector.
Conflicts are therefore inevitable in the absence of clear delineation of jurisdiction. The
South African model for regulation in the telecommunications sector entails a sharing of
jurisdiction between the sector-specific regulator, the Independent Communications
Authority of South Africa (ICASA), and the competition-wide regulator, the Competition
Commission. The study thus determines the interplay between the Competition
Commission and ICASA as well as the competitiveness of South African
telecommunications. / Communication Science / M.A. (International Communication))
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The interplay of sector regulators and competition authorities in regulating competition in telecomunications : the south African caseKhosa, Miyelani 04 1900 (has links)
The privatisation and liberalisation of telecommunications throughout the
world has resulted in the growing involvement of competition authorities in
telecommunications regulation, alongside telecommunications sector-specific
regulators. The existence of both sector specific rules and competition rules has brought
about a critical institutional challenge. The increased role of competition authorities in
the telecommunications sector raises the issue of inconsistent jurisdiction in the sector.
Conflicts are therefore inevitable in the absence of clear delineation of jurisdiction. The
South African model for regulation in the telecommunications sector entails a sharing of
jurisdiction between the sector-specific regulator, the Independent Communications
Authority of South Africa (ICASA), and the competition-wide regulator, the Competition
Commission. The study thus determines the interplay between the Competition
Commission and ICASA as well as the competitiveness of South African
telecommunications. / Communication Science / M.A. (International Communication))
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Legal and regulatory aspects of mobile financial servicesPerlman, Leon Joseph 11 1900 (has links)
The thesis deals with the emergence of bank and non-bank entities that provide a range of unique
transaction-based payment services broadly called Mobile Financial Services (MFS) to unbanked,
underserved and underbanked persons via mobile phones.
Models of MFS from Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), banks, combinations of MNOs and banks, and
independent Mobile Financial Services Providers are covered. Provision by non-banks of ‘bank-type’
services via mobile phones has been termed ‘transformational banking’ versus the ‘additive banking’
services from banks. All involve the concept of ‘branchless banking’ whereby ‘cash-in/cash out’ services
are provided through ‘agents.’
Funds for MFS payments may available through a Stored Value Product (SVP), particularly through a
Stored Value Account SVP variant offered by MNOs where value is stored as a redeemable fiat- or mobile
‘airtime’-based Store of Value.
The competitive, legal, technical and regulatory nature of non-bank versus bank MFS models is discussed,
in particular the impact of banking, payments, money laundering, telecommunications, e-commerce and
consumer protection laws. Whether funding mechanisms for SVPs may amount to deposit-taking such that
entities could be engaged in the ‘business of banking’ is discussed. The continued use of ‘deposit’ as the
traditional trigger for the ‘business of banking’ is investigated, alongside whether transaction and paymentcentric
MFS rises to the ‘business of banking.’
An extensive evaluation of ‘money’ based on the Orthodox and Claim School economic theories is
undertaken in relation to SVPs used in MFS, their legal associations and import, and whether they may be
deemed ‘money’ in law.
Consumer protection for MFS and payments generally through current statute, contract, and payment law
and common law condictiones are found to be wanting. Possible regulatory arbitrage in relation to MFS in
South African law is discussed.
The legal and regulatory regimes in the European Union, Kenya and the United States of America are
compared with South Africa. The need for a coordinated payments-specific law that has consumer
protections, enables proportional risk-based licensing of new non-bank providers of MFS, and allows for a
regulator for retail payments is recommended. The use of trust companies and trust accounts is
recommended for protection of user funds.
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