[cr-india] Uruguay approves Community Broadcasting Bill

[Vickram Crishna]

It can't be found because it doesn't exist. There was talk some years ago about 'reserving' portions of the spectrum for 'commercial' and non-commercial use, but, as they say, talk is cheap, and the ability to control (hoard, loot) is governance.
 
Vickram
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----- Original Message ----
From: paolo palmerini <paolo at palmerini.org>
To: cr-india at sarai.net
Sent: Thursday, 20 December, 2007 9:48:26 AM
Subject: Re: [cr-india] Uruguay approves Community Broadcasting Bill

On 12/19/2007 01:32 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote:
> On Dec 13, 2007 9:08 AM, sajan venniyoor <venniyoor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Check out the new Uruguayan CR Bill. This is what all CR regulation
 should
>> aspire to be.
>>
>> 1. It sets aside one-third of all radio (AM & FM) *and* television
>> frequencies for community-based media.
>> 2. Licenses are granted by a council made up of all the
 stake-holders.
>> 3. There is no fixed transmitter power or coverage area - the range
 depends
>> on the size of the audience.

[...]

> in most probability we will follow the same pattern the only
> difference being that the set aside frequencies wil be fought over by
> unreliance, tata-byebye and co rather than communities.

what is the regulation set by the new law in india for frequency
allocation to CR? is there a frequency range that has been reserved for
communiry radios? if so, how wide is it?

i have been try to find these information on the ministry's website but
i did not succeed.

thanks
p.


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