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COMMUNIQUE: Novel Corona Virus Disease 2019 (Covid 19)
- March 13, 2020
- Posted by: emblisha
- Category: Uncategorized
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On Thursday, 12th March 2020, the Ministry of Health confirmed to Ghanaians the first two cases of Covid 19. Covid 19 has been identified as an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Since late 2019 there has been a global spread of this disease, resulting in the 2019–20 coronavirus
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GIBA sues NCA, AG over Conditional Access implementation for Free-to-Air TV
- January 30, 2020
- Posted by: emblisha
- Category: Uncategorized
The Ghana Independent Broadcasters Association (GIBA) has sued the National Communications Authority (NCA) and the Attorney General’s (A-G’s) Department over the NCA’s decision to introduce Conditional Access for Free-to-Air TV broadcast as a breach of the right to free press enshrined in the 1992 Constitution. In a writ filed at the Supreme Court lastTuesday, GIBA
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GIBA’s Campaign against Conditional Access for Free-to-Air TV Broadcasting
- January 17, 2020
- Posted by: emblisha
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This public service announcement is aimed at further educating and sensitizing the Ghanaian broadcast consuming public.
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MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS PUBLISHES DOCTORED STANDARDS DOCUMENT TO SNEAK IN CONDITIONAL ACCESS FOR FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION THROUGH THE BACKDOOR
- January 7, 2020
- Posted by: emblisha
- Category: Uncategorized
PRESS STATEMENT MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS PUBLISHES DOCTORED STANDARDS DOCUMENT TO SNEAK IN CONDITIONAL ACCESS FOR FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION THROUGH THE BACKDOOR 7th January 2020 The role of the broadcasting media, particularly the television press service in Ghana’s maturing democracy cannot be over emphasized. Free-to-Air Television Broadcasting forms part of what is often
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PRESS STATEMENT ON THE REVISED MINIMUM SPECIFICATION ON DTT AND DTH RECEIVERS WHICH RULES OUT MANDATORY ENCRYPITION OF FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION THROUGH A CONDITIONAL ACCESS SYSTEM
- December 24, 2019
- Posted by: emblisha
- Category: Uncategorized
GIBA WELCOMES THE NEW STANDARD The Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) has published a revised standard on Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) and Direct-To-Home (DTH) Receivers which makes Conditional Access System (CAS) non-mandatory for Free-To-Air Receivers. This will mean television broadcasters who have been authorised by the National Communications Authority (NCA) to operate in the Free-To-Air (FTA)
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GIBA facilitates training on Migration for Ghanaian Journalists
- November 18, 2019
- Posted by: emblisha
- Category: Uncategorized
The Ghana Independent Broadcasters’ Association (GIBA) in collaboration with UNESCO has held a day’s training session with editors of various media firms on migration in Accra. The training was to educate and train participants on the challenges of irregular migration that has engulfed Africa, under the “Fondo Africa” three-year project, sponsored by the Italian Government. The event was on the theme: “Empowering young people
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Ghana’s constitution is meant to protect the media: but does it?
- July 31, 2019
- Posted by: emblisha
- Category: Uncategorized
Between independence 1957 – the year Ghana won independence from British – until 1992 the country had three civilian heads of state interspersed with several military rulers. But that year it finally embraced democratic rule and adopted a constitution. One of the areas of protection the new constitution offered was the independence of the media and
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PRESS STATEMENT ON MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION’S POLICY TO ENCRYPT FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION CONTENT
- May 28, 2019
- Posted by: emblisha
- Category: Uncategorized
1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF MIGRATION FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL TERESTRIAL TELEVISION The Republic of Ghana signed on to the Geneva 2006 (GE-06) Agreement establishing the Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting Frequency Plan in the radio frequency bands (174 – 230) MHz and (470 – 862) MHz. The Agreement also set 17 June 2015 as the deadline
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Press Statement – World Press Freedom Day 2019
- May 3, 2019
- Posted by: emblisha
- Category: Uncategorized
Mr. Chairman, Chairman of the National Media Commission, Hon. Deputy Minister of Information, UNESCO Resident Representative in Accra, Public Affairs Officer of the US Embassy, President of the Ghana Journalists Association, Chairperson of the Editors’ Forum Ghana, Ag. President of the Association of Women in Media, Senior Journalists, Media Practitioners, All protocols observed, On behalf
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World Radio Day 2019: “Radio and Dialogue, Tolerance and Peace”
- February 12, 2019
- Posted by: emblisha
- Category: Uncategorized
Radio broadcast is one of the world’s greatest successes, with radio stations having similar programming styles such as talks, sports news, religious programmes, weather, news and current affairs, and programmes of interest to women and children. From the time when most countries only had radio stations owned and operated by the government to the present