Mike Aldridge

Community television will be entering a growth phase in the months ahead, as the regulator prepares to grant four-year broadcasting licences to a range of applicants. Mike Aldridge outlines the international models and local challenges.

The SABC estimates that the two new regional television channels will cost R221-million apiece to operate in the first year. Mike Aldridge looks at the viability of a public television model that won’t take ads and won’t broadcast in English.