Broadcasting stakeholders to benefit from TATT visit

Oct 20, 2012 News

Stakeholders of the local broadcasting industry are expected to be the primary beneficiaries when a team from the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) descends on these shores in a matter of days.
The visiting TATT team, which is the sister organisation to the Guyana Spectrum Management Frequency Allocation Regulatory Body/National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU), is slated to arrive during the last week of this month as part of an exchange programme, said Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon.
His disclosures were made on Thursday as he addressed media operatives at his weekly press briefing at the Office of the President, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Georgetown,.
The visit, according to Dr. Luncheon, is organised in the context of the implementation of the provisions of the Broadcast Act and the activities of the governing board of the national broadcasting authority.
“Their focused engagement with stakeholders would be the basis used by the visiting team to share experiences among regulatory bodies and involving media practitioners,” Dr Luncheon added.
While here, the Cabinet Secretary said that it is anticipated that the Trinidad and Tobago team will engage policymakers. More importantly, he said that a public forum with the players in the broadcast industry will also be held before the team’s departure.
Last month, Dr Luncheon revealed that applications for broadcasting licences pending at the National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) were set to be processed shortly. This move came in the wake of moves by Cabinet to approve the appointment of the Governing Board of the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority subsequent to the commencement order identifying that the Broadcast Act of 2011 has come into force.
Former Minister and Attorney-at-Law Bibi Shaddick was appointed as Chairperson of the board, while the other six members are UG lecturer, Sherwood Lowe (nominee of the leader of the Opposition) and presidential nominees, Project Manager of the One Laptop Per Family Project, Margot Boyce; Captain Gerry Gouveia; former army chief, Major General Norman McLean (ret’d); Head of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA), Dr. Dindyal Permaul and Charles S. Ramson Jr, a lawyer at the Office of the President.
Dr. Luncheon said that the Board is tasked statutorily with licensing in the Broadcast Sector and ensuring compliance of broadcasters with the provision of the Broadcast Act. Unaware of the number of applications for broadcasting licences that accumulated over the years, he opined that there have been a “tidy few” sent to the NFMU for processing.
Dr. Luncheon added that the initial location for the Governing Board would be the National Frequency Management Unit, but there are plans to establish an office. It would house the Broadcasting Authority and provide office space for the Governing Board.
“The opportunity would be used to build, to accommodate expanded services to be offered by the successor to the National Frequency Management Unit, but that would be a matter subsequent to legislation that is before Parliament right now – the Telecommunications Amendment Bill,” he disclosed.

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