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GOVERNMENTNOTI
CENO.134publ
i
shedon16/
03/
2018

THEELECTRONICANDPOSTALCOMMUNICATIONS(
RADI
OAND
TELEVI
SIONBROADCASTI
NGCONTENT)REGULATI
ONS,
2018

ARRANGEMENTOFREGULATI
ONS

PARTI
PRELI
MINARYPROVI
SIONS

Regul
ati
on Ti
tl
e

1. Ci
tat
ion.
2. Appl
icat
ion.
3. I
nter
pret
ation.

PARTI
I
OBLI
GATI
ONSOFCONTENTSERVI
CESPROVI
DERS

4. Publi
cbroadcaster.
5. Commer cial
broadcast er.
6. Communi tybroadcaster.
7. Subscri
pti
onbr oadcastingandsuppor tservi
ces.
8. Appli
cati
onforlandingr ightauthorizat
ion.
9. Cancell
ati
onandr evocat ionoflandingr i
ghtauthor
izat
ion.
10. Contentserv
icesprovider sinrelat
iontomul ti
plexoperat
ors.

PARTI
II
REQUI
REMENTSFORCONTENTPROVI
SION

11. Gener alcondition.

12. Protectionofchi l
dren.
13. Viol
ence.
14. Wat ershedper iod.
15. Present ati
onofnews.
16. Currentaf fai
rs.
17. Expressi onofper sonalviews.
18. Cour t
sandpar liamentaryproceedi
ngs.
19. Coverageofel ections.
20. Advertisement s.

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21. Inf
omer ci
als.
22. Contentforphy si
call
ychall
engedper
sons.
23. Contentofaneducat ionalnat
ure.
24. Reporti
ngcont rover
siali
ssues.
25. Int
ervi
ews.
26. Consenttobr oadcast.
27. Contentofsexual natur
e.
28. Expli
cit
ness.
29. Language.
30. Comment aries.
31. Localcontent.

PARTIV
PROGRAMMECODEOFCONDUCT

32. Progr ammeCodeofConduct .

33. Event sofnat ionalinterest
.
34. Disclosur eofnamesofpr oducers.
35. Investigativ
er eporting.
36. Privacy .
37. Livepr ogrammes.
38. Fami lyviewingpol icyandpr ogrammeclassi
fi
cat
ion.
39. Progr ammeschedul e.
40. Stationident i
ficat
ion.
41. Discrimination.
42. Rightsofper sonswi t
hspecialneeds.
43. Electronicprogr ammegui de.

PARTV
GENERALPROVI
SIONS

44. Publi
cemer gencies.
45. BreachofRegul ations.
46. Mustcar ryobli
gat i
ons.
47. ClearancesofRi ghts.
48. Compl aint
sofcont entnat
ures.
49. Revocation.

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THEELECTRONI
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ONSACT
(
CAP.306)
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REGULATI
ONS
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(
Madeundersect
ion103)
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THEELECTRONICANDPOSTALCOMMUNICATIONS(
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OAND
TELEVI
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NGCONTENT)REGULATI
ONS,
2018

PARTI
PRELI
MINARYPROVI
SIONS

Ci
tat
ion 1.Theser egul
ati
onsmaybeci tedastheElect
roni
c
and Postal Communi cat
ions (Radio and Telev
isi
on
Broadcast
ingContent
)Regulat
ions,
2018.

Appl
i
cat
ion 2. These Regul
ations shal
lappl
yinrelati
on t
o
br
oadcast
ing content serv
ices on any pl
atfor
m in
Mainl
andTanzani
a.

I
nter
pret
ati
on 3.I nt heseRegul at
ions,unlesst hecontextot
herwise
r
equir
es-
Cap.
306 “
Act”meansTheEl ectr
onicandPost alCommuni cati
ons
Act;
“
advert
isement s”meanst hebr oadcast i
ngofanymat er
ial
inret urnforpay mentorot herv aluabl
econsiderati
on
toabr oadcasterwi t
hapur poseof -
(a)sel li
ngtoaudi encesanypr oductorser vi
ce;
(b)conv i
ncing audiences ofa bel i
eforcour se of
action;or
(c)pr omot ing a product,ser vi
ce,bel i
ef,course of
action,personoror gani
zation;
“
advert
isingcont ent”meansanypai dmessageappear i
ng
inbet weencont entprogrammi ngf orthepurposeof
sell
ing, i nforming or per suadi ng people about
particularproducts,servi
cesorbel i
efs;

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Cap.
172 “
Author ity” means t he Tanzani a Communi cat i
ons
Regul ator yAut hor i
tyest abl ishedundert heTanzani a
Communi cat ionsRegul at oryAut hor i
tyAct ;
“
announcement s “ means a publ i
c st atement about
somet hingt hati shappeni ngori sgoi ngt ohappen;
“
broadcast ingser v i
ces”meanscont entt ransmi tt
edusi ng
elect r
oni c communi cations ser vi
ces i n whi ch t he
transmi ssi on i si ntended f ordi r
ectr eception by
member soft hegener al publ i
c;
“
chil
d”meanper sonsbel owt heageofei ghteeny ear s;
“
commer cialser v i
ce br oadcast i
ng l icense” means a
l
icenset opr ov idecont entser vicesatanaut hor ized
l
icensedser v i
cear eaf undedl argel ybyadv ertising
forpr of it;
“
Commi tt
ee”meanst heCont entCommi tt
eeest abl ished
undert heAct ;
“
communi ty br oadcast i
ng ( cont ent ) ser vices l icense”
meansal icenset o pr ov idecont entser vi
cesi na
speci ficcommuni tyorsoci ety;
“
communi ty br oadcast i
ng ( cont ent ) ser vi
ces” means
cont entser vicespr ovidedt oaspeci f
iccommuni t
y
notf orpr of i
t;
“
communi tyl icense” means aut hor ization t o pr ov i
de
cont entser vicesi naspeci ficcommuni tyorsoci et y
;
“commer ci alser vice br oadcast i
ng l icense” means a
l
icenset opr ov idecont entser vicesatanaut hor ized
l
icensedser v i
cear eaf undedl argel ybyadv ertising
forpr of it;
“
contentser vices”meansbr oadcast ing ser vi
ceof fer ed
forspeechorot hersound,t extori mageswhet her
stillormov ingexceptwher et r
ansmi ttedonpr ivate
communi cat ions;
“
contentser vicepr ovider ”meansahol derofacont ent
ser vi
cel icense;
Cap.218 “
copy ri
ght ”has t he meani ng ascr i
bed t oi tundert he
Copy rightandNei ghbour ingRi ghtsAct ;
“
dist
rictl i
cense”meansaut hor i
zat i
ont opr ov i
decont ent
ser vi
ces wi t
h one poi ntofpr esence wi thin one
admi nist rat i
v er egioni nMai nl
andTanzani a;
“
edit
or ialpol icy ”meansacont entf r
amewor kexpr essi ng
theopi ni on, stand, positionofst at i
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editor sont heobj ect ives,t ypesofcont ent ,t arget

audienceandanyot heri ssues;
“
electi
onper iod”meanst heper i
odbet weent hei ni t
iation
ofanel ect ioncampai gnundert hepr ov i
sionsoft he
rel
ev antl awper tainingt ot heel ect ionandt heev eof
thepol li
ngday ;
“
electi
on pr ogr amme” means any pr ogr amme whi ch
rel
at est o an el ect i
on f ort heof ficeofPr esident ,
Parliament or any l ocal aut hor i
ty , and such
progr amme-
(a)encour agesorper suadesorappear st oencour age
orper suadev oterst ov otef orapol i
ticalpar tyor
elect ionofanyper sonatanel ect i
on;
(b)adv ocat essuppor tf oracandi dat eorf orapol iti
cal
par ty ;or
(c)not ifiesmeet ingshel dort obehel di nconnect ion
wi thanel ect ion.
“
fami l
y v i
ewi ng or l ist eni ng pr ogr amme” means
programmessui tabl ef ort hewhol ef ami l
yot hert han
thewat ershedper iod;
“
fami l
yv iewi ngorl isteningper i
od”meanst heper i
odi n
tel
evisi on orr adi o br oadcast ing per iod schedul es
suit
abl ef ort hewhol ef ami lyot hert hant hewat ershed;
“
freetoai r”meansal i
cenceewhopr ov idesbr oadcast ing
servi
ceswi thoutbei ngpai dsubscr iptionf ee;
“
infomer cial”meansanyadv er ti
singbr oadcasti nv isual or
audiof or m, last ingmor et hant womi nut es, whi chmay
containdemonst rationsoft heuseoft hepr oductor
servi
ceadv er tised,ent aili
ngdi rectof ferst ot hepubl i
c
inr etur nf orpay ment ,and whi ch r esul t
si nt he
broadcast err ecei vingpay menti nmonet aryt er msor
otherwi se;
“
independentpr oducer ”meansanyi ndi vi
dual ,company ,
corpor ation,par tner shi porsol epr opr i
et arybodydul y
regi
st ered and l icensed i nt he Uni ted Republ ict o
conductt hebusi nessofpr oduci ngf i
lms,t elev isi
onor
radi
o pr ogr ammes ofcommer ci als and who has
copyr i
ght ;
“
landingr ightaut hor izat i
on”meansper mi ssi ongr ant edby
theAut hor ityf ort hef or eign commer cialt el evision
channel spr ov idedbysuppor tser v i
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accessedandv iewedi nMai nl andTanzani at er rit

or y;
“l
icensedar ea”meanst heser v icear eat hathasbeen
aut hor i
zed by t he Aut hor ityt o be cov ered by a
l
icensedcont entser vicespr ov ider ;
“l
icensed ser v ice” means t he ser vices of fered by a
l
icensedcont entser vicespr ov ider ;
“l
ocal cont ent ” means cont ent as speci fied under
regul ation31oft heseRegul at ions;
“Mini ster” means t he Mi ni st er r esponsi ble f or
br oadcast ing;
“mustcar ryobl igations”meansmandat orycar ry i
ngofa
Publ i
cSer v iceBr oadcast er( PSB)Channelt ot heend
useron anyt ransmi ssi on medi a wi t
houtchar ging
transmi ssionandsubscr ipt i
onf eest ot hePSB and
viewer srespect ively;
“nationall i
cense”meansaut hor izat iont opr ov i
decont ent
ser viceswi thi nt hemai nlandTanzani a;
Cap.258 “politicalpar ty”meansapar tyr egi ster edi naccor dance
wi tht hePol itical Par t
iesAct ;
“progr ammehook- ups”meansl iv epr ogr ammest hata
l
icenseecant echni callyhookupwi thanot herl icensee
fort ransmi ssi onofsuchpr ogr ammesoncommer cial
basi s;
progr amme”meansabodyofl iv eorr ecor dedbr oadcast
mat erial consi st i
ng of i mages, sound or bot h
embodi edi nsi gnal st r ansmi ttedf ort hepur poseof
br oadcast ingt ot hepubl i
c;
“progr amme cont ent ” means pr ogr ammi ng mat erial
i
nt ended f or publ ic consumpt ion but excl udes
adv er ti
sing cont enti nser ted wi thin a pr ogr amme
dur ingbr eaksorbet weenpr ogr ammeoratt heendof
apr ogr ammeandatt hebegi nni ngofapr ogr amme;
“progr amme segment ” means a pr ogr amme whi ch
pr esent sonewhol euni tcl ear l
ysepar atedf rom ot her
pr ogr ammesegmentandcont entwi t
hi tsbegi nning
andend;
“publ i
cser v i
cebr oadcast i
ng”meanst ypeofbr oadcast i
ng
ser vicest hati smadef ort hepubl ic,f i
nancedbyt he
publ ic and non- profit wi th obl i
gat ions pr escr ibed
underr egul ation4;
“publ i
c br oadcast er”means an ent i
typr ov i
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serv i
cebr oadcast i
ng;
“
publ i
cemer gencyser vice”meansbr oadcast i
ngser vices
offered i nt he ev entofa di sast eremer gency on
requestbyaper sonaut hor i
zedbyt hegov er nment ;
“
re-broadcast ing”meanst hesi mul t
aneousorsubsequent
broadcast i
ngbyonebr oadcast i
ngor gani zat ionoft he
broadcast sofanot herbr oadcast i
ngor gani zat i
oni na
geogr aphical ar ea t hat i n not cov ered by t he
originat or;
“
regionall i
cense”meansaut hor izationt opr ov idecont ent
serv i
ces wi t
ht en poi nts of pr esence wi thi nt en
admi nistrativ
er egi onsi nMai nlandTanzani a;
“
serv i
cear ea”meanst hegeogr aphi calar eawi thinwhi ch
thel icenseei sal l
owedt or eachwi thassur edqual it
y
ofser vice;
“
serv i
ce l ev elagr eement ”means a cont ractbet ween
cont ent ser vice pr ovider and net wor k f aci
liti
es
li
censee def ining t he wor king r elati
onshi p and
obligat ionsofeachpar tyf ort hepur poseofpr oviding
broadcast i
ngser vi
ces;
“
sponsor edpr ogramme”meansapr ogrammet hathasal l
orpar tofi tscostpai dbyasponsor ;
“
subscr i
ber ”meansaper sonwhohasent eredi nt
oan
agr eementwi th a pr ov i
derofsubscr i
ption cont ent
serv i
cesf oraccesst ocont entt hroughpay mentofa
fee;
“
subscr i
pt i
on br oadcast ing ser vices” means a
broadcast i
ngser v
iceav ailablet ot hegener alpubl i
c
throughpay mentofasubscr i
pt i
onf ee;
“
suppor tser vices”meansaser vicewhi chconsi st soft he
prov isionofmanagementser vicest oasubscr i
ption
broadcast i
ng ser vi
cewhi chmayi ncludesubscr iber
managementsuppor t,subscr ipti
onf eecol lect i
on,cal l
cent res,sal es and mar keting and t echni caland
installat i
on;
“
wat ershedper i
od”meanst hebr oadcast ingt imef rom
2200hr st o0530hr swhi chcont entser v i
cesl icensees
shal lbr oadcastmat erial suitabl ef oradul t
s.

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I
OBLI
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ONSOFCONTENTSERVI
CESPROVI
DERS

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Publ
i
c 4.
-(
1)Thef
reet
oai
rPubl
i
cSer
viceBr
oadcast
ershal
l
-
br
oadcast
er
(a)pr ov i
dei nformat ion,educat ionandent ertai
nment
i
nani ndependentand i mpar ti
almannert ot he
gener al public;
(b)conductbr oadcast i
ng ser vices wi t
hi mpar ti
alit
y,
givingat t
ent i
ont ot heint erestandsuscept i
bil
iti
es
of t he di ffer ent communi t
ies i n Mai nland
Tanzani a;
(c)pr ov i
deandr ecei v ef rom i ndependentpr oducer s
and ot her per sons mat erialt o be br oadcast ,
prov i
dedt hati nacqui r
ingsuchmat er i
al,shallhav e
regar dt ot he need t o mai ntaint he distinctive
char act eroft hepubl i
cbr oadcast erandcat erf or
the expect ations of audi ences who ar e not
gener allycat ered f orbyot hercont entser vi
ces
prov i
der s;
(d)pr ov i
deuni versal br oadcast ingser vices;
(e)pr ov i
de br oadcast i
ng cont ent ser vi
ces i n
accor dancewi tht hebr oadcast i
ngchar ter;
(f)av oidpr ogr amsr elatedt onakedness,gambl ing,
violence, super stiti
onorast rol ogy;
(2)I n case ofr adi o br oadcast i
ng,t he br oadcast
fr
equenci esassi gnedt ot hepubl icser vicebr oadcast er
shal
l notbel etort ransf erredt oat hirdpar t
y ;
(3)TheAut hor i
tymay ,onappl i
cationbyapubl ic
serv
ice br oadcast er , gr ant a l icense t o pr ov i
de
commer cial br oadcast ingser vices.
(4) A l icensed publ ic ser vice br oadcast er shal l
maintainandkeepsepar ateaccount sinr espectofi ts
publi
candcommer cial broadcast ingcont entser vices.

Commerci
al 5.Acommer cialfree-t
o-ai
rcontentservi
cesprovi
der
br
oadcast
er shal
l
-
(
a)pr ovi
de a di verse range ofpr ogr
amming that
refl
ect the cul ture,needs and aspi rat
ions of
Tanzanians;
(
b)pr ovi
de cov erage i n such ar eas as may be
specifi
edbyt heAut hori
ty;
(
c)include dr ama, document aries and chi l
dren
programs t hatr ef
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i
dent i
tyoft henation;
(
d)promot et heuseofst andar dKiswahi
liandEngli
sh
l
anguages;
(
e)avoidracial andreli
gioushat r
ed;
(
f)protectmi norfrom har mful progr
am content
;
(
g)avoidpr ogramsr el
at edt onakedness,gambl ing,
vi
olence, supersti
ti
onandast rol
ogy;
(
h)providepr ogrammest hatpromot enati
onalpeace,
unit
yandt ranqui
li
tyandt hatdoesnotendanger
nati
onal secur i
ty;
(
i)avoiddef amat i
onandbl asphemy .

Community 6.-
(1) A f ree- t
o-aircommuni ty cont entser vices
br
oadcast
er pr
ovi
dershal l
-
(
a)pr ov i
de br oadcast i
ng ser v i
ces t hatr eflectt he
needsoft hepeopl ei nt hecommuni t
y ,includi ng
cul t
ur al,religi
ousanddemogr aphicneeds;
(
b)pr ov i
depr ogrammi ngt hati spar t
icipator ydeal ing
wi th communi tyi ssueswhi char enotnor mal ly
cov ered by ot her cont entser v i
ces pr ov iders
cov eringt hesamear ea;
(
c) prov i
debr oadcast i
ngser viceswi thintheser v i
ce
area aut hor i
zedbyt heAut hor i
tyasspeci f
iedi n
theconst ructionper mi t;
(
d)pr ov i
depr ogrammest hati nf orm,educat eand
ent ertaint het argetaudi ences;
(
e)oper at e wi t
hint he par amet er s ofa non- pr ofit
maki ngbr oadcast i
ngst ation;
(
f) notbe const i
tuted on t he basi s ofpol itical
affili
at i
ons;
(
g)under take t o promot e nat ional uni ty,peace,
tranqui li
ty ,social stabilityandcul tur al
ident i
ty;
(
h)ensur et hatt he pr ov ided cont entadher es t o
publ i
ci nter estwi thr ef erence t o publ icpol icy,
nat i
onal saf etyandnat i
onal cohesi on;
(
i) broadcastpr ogr ammest hatar enotpr ejudi ced
on t hebasi sofr ace,sex,nat i
onal i
ty ,r eli
gi on,
disabi lit
y, ageoret hni cbackgr ound;
(
j) broadcastnews,news br i
ef s orheadl ines at
regul arint ervalsasdet er minedbyt heAut hority ;
(
k) av oid br oadcast ing ofobscene,v i
ol enceand

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l
asci vi
ousmat ters;
(l) makepubl ical lt hei rpr ogr ammesponsor sand
programmes shal lnotbe i nf l
uenced by t he
sponsor s;
(m)ensur et hatonl ypr operKi swahi l
iand Engl i
sh
l
anguagesar eusedi nal lbr oadcast sunl esspr ior
approv aloft heAut hor ityspeci f
y i
ngt her eason
andper i
odf ort heuseofanyot herl anguagehas
beensoughtandobt ai ned;
(n)begui dedbyt heCodeofPr act icef orCommuni ty
Broadcast ing Ser vices as pr ovided by t he
Author i
ty.
(2)Acommuni tybr oadcast ingl icenseeshal lsubmi t
totheAut horityguidel inest hatout l
inest hef ollowi ng-
(a)pr i
nciplesofv olunt eer i
ng;
(b)r i
ghtsandr esponsi bi li
tiesofv olunteer s;
(c)pr i
nciplesunderwhi cht hecommuni tyisi nv ol
ved
i
nr unning t he st ation,pr ogr amme pr oduct i
on
andai ri
ng.
(3)Acommuni tybr oadcast i
ngl icenseeshal lensur e
thatt hegui del i
nessubmi ttedundert hisr egul ationsar e
easilyaccessi blet ov ol unteer s;
(4) A communi ty br oadcast ing l icensee shal l
prepar e and submi tt ot he gov erning body of t he
Communi tythef oll
owi ngf orscr utinyandappr ov al-
(a)per i
odi cretur nsonoper at i
ons;
(b)f i
nanci alsituat ionr epor ts;
(c)listofannouncement sandunder wr iti
ngsandl ist
ofsponsor s;
(d)audi tedaccount s;
(e)any ot her r epor t
s and r ecor ds whi ch t he
communi tyshal lseekf r
om t hem.
(5) Not withstandi ng pr ecedi ng pr ovisions of t his
regulation, a communi ty br oadcast ing l icensee
establ i
shedbyacademi ci nst itutionshal l
Prov i
depr ogramst hatar eacademi corr esear chi n
natur einaccor dancewi thcondi t
ionssetbyt heAut horit
y .

Subscri
pti
on 7.-
(1) Subscr
ipti
on br oadcast
ing l
icensees shal
l
broadcast
ing pr
ov i
deservi
cesinthefoll
owingmanner-
andsuppor t
servi
ces (a)di
str
ibut
ebr oadcast
ingservi
ceswi
thinthebor
ders

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oft heUni tedRepubl icorf rom t heUni t

edRepubl i
c
toot hert erritor i
es;
(
b)pr ov ide25%l ocalcont entbysubscr iptionoft ot al
channel s;
(
c)pr ov idedi ver sityinpr ogr ammi ngt hatensur es-
(i
)pr ot ect ion ofconsumer sofsuch br oadcast
ser v ices;
(ii
)r espect t oi ntel l
ect ualpr oper tyr ights and
nei ghbor ingr ight si nrespectofanybr oadcast
mat er ial.
(2) Subscr iptioncont entser vicespr ov i
der swhose
signalor iginat es f rom out side Tanzani a and wi sh t o
providet hei rcont entser vicesi nMai nl andTanzani a,shal l
applyf orl andi ngr ightaut hor izationi naccor dancewi th
theseRegul at i
ons.
(3)Subscr ipt ioncont entser vicespr ov i
derwhohas
obtainedl andi ngr ightaut hor izati
onundert hisr egul ation
shall be el i
gi ble t o appl yf or suppor t ser vi
ces i n
accor dance wi th t he El ectroni c and Post al
Communi cat i
ons( Li censi ng)Regul at i
ons.
(4) A per sonl icensedt opr ov i
desuppor tser vices
(satell
ite)cont entser vi
cesshal lpr ov idea subscr ibers
withthef ollowi ngi nf ormat ioni nwr iting-
(a)t ypeofpr oduct ,bouquet sandser vicesof f
er ed;
(b)costst ruct uref orpr oduct sandser v i
ces;
(c)subscr iberser vicel ev elcont r
actdescr i
bingnot
onl yt hecondi tionsf ort hepr oductandser v i
ce
of fered but al so t he i nf or mat ion about t he
phy sical addr essoft hel i
censee;
(d)bi lli
ngandcol lectionofsubscr iberf ee;
(e)compl ai nt shandl ingpr ocedur esandr esolut i
on;
and
(f)pr ov i
dei nf or mat i
onont hecont rolmechani sms
foraccessofcont enti nappr opr i
atef orchi ldren.
(5) A per son l icensed t o pr ov i
de subscr iption
contentser vices orsuppor tser vices f orsubscr iption
contentser vicesshal lpr ov idemeansbywhi chpar entsor
guardi ansmaycont rolaccesst ocont entaccessi blet hat
theymayconsi deri nappr opr i
at e.

Appli
cat
ion 8.
-(
1)Anyper
sonwhoi
ntendst
oappl
yforal
andi
ng
forl
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ng

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ri
ght ri
ghtaut hori
sati
on shallf i
l
lin an appli
cati
on for
m as
author
isat
ion prescribedbyt heAut hori
tyandpayf eesassetoutinthe
Fir
stSchedul etotheseRegul ati
ons.
( 2)The appl icati
on form ref
er r
ed to undersub-
regulati
on( 1)shallbeaccompani edbysuchdocument s
orinformat i
onast heAut hor
it
ymayr equir
e.

Cancel
lation 9.-(
1) TheAut hor it
yr eservest herightt or evokeor
and cancelal andingrightaut hori
sationwher et het ermsand
rev
ocationof
l
andingright conditionsar ebreached.
author
isation (2)Not wi t
hstandi ng sub-regulation (1),Wher et he
Author it
yi s sat i
sfied t hata hol derofl anding right
author i
sationhasbr eachedori sbr eachingt heActor
conditions ofaut hor i
sation,itshal lser ve a not ice in
wri
tingr equi
ringtor emedyt hebr eachwi thint heper iod
specifiedinthenot ice.

Content 10.-(1) The cont ent ser vi

ces pr ovi
der shallnot
servi
ces transmi titsownsi gnal
s.
provi
dersin
rel
ati
onto (2)Subj ecttosubr egulati
on(1),thecontentser vice
multi
plex providershal lenterintoaser vi
celevelagreementwi tha
operator
s holderofa net wor kf acil
it
ies li
cense forpur poses of
transmi ssionanddi str
ibutionofsignals.
(3)t he contentser vi
ces provideron t he di gital
platform shal lprovideser vicesinaccor dancewi tht he
provisionsoft heElectronicandPost alCommuni cati
ons
(ConsumerPr otecti
on)Regul at
ions,2018andanyot her
rulesandpr oceduresissuedbyt heAut hor
it
y.

PARTI
II
REQUI
REMENTSFORCONTENTPROVI
SION

Gener
al 11.-
(1)A l i
censeeshal lensur et hatt heprogramme
condi
ti
ons anditspresentation-
(a)uphol ds nat i
onal sov ereignt y,nati
onal unity,
national i
nterest, nat ional secur i
ty and
Tanzani a’seconomi cinterest s;
(b)pr ojectsTanzani anculturalv aluesandi
dent i
ty;
(c) obser v
esgoodt asteanddecency ;

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(
d)uphol dspubl icmor ality
;
(
e)av oidsi ntr usionconducti nt opr ivateliv
es;
(
f) doesnoti njuret her eputat ionofi ndivi
dual s;
(
g)av oidadv er t
isement sonast rology,super stiti
on
ort radi t
ional heal ers;
(
h)av oid pr ogr amme r elated t o ast r
ology ,
super stiti
on orbr oadcastmat erialr elated t o
traditionalheal erpur por t
ingt ocur e ailment sor
diseases;
(
i) av oids di scrimi nat i
on ordemeani ng ofpeopl e
accor dingt ogender ;and
(
j) doesnoti nciteorper pet uatehat redagai nstor
vili
fy any gr oup ofper sons on t he basi s of
ethni city,r ace,r el
igion,or i
gin,gender ,diseaseor
disabi lit
y .
(
2)Al i
censeeshal lnotbr oadcastanymat t
erwhi ch-
(
a)cont ai nst heuseofof f
ensi vel anguage, including
prof ani t
yandbl asphemy ;
(
b)pr esent sexual mat ters i n an expl icit and
offensi vemanner ;
(
c) glorifyv iol enceordepi ctv iolencei nanof fensive
manner ;
(
d)inci tesorper pet uat eshat redorv i
li
fyanyper son
orsect i
onoft hecommuni tyonaccountofr ace,
ethni city,nat ional i
ty ,gender ,sexualpr eference,
age, di sabi li
ty, reli
gionorcul tureoft hatper sonor
sect ionoft hecommuni ty;
(
e)is i ndecent , obscene, f alse, menaci ng or
other wi seof fensi vei nchar acter ;
(
f)isl ikel yt oencour ageori gni tet hecommi ssionof
crime;
(
g)communi cat eamessaget ov i
ewer sorl isteners
whi chi sl ikelyt oi nf l
uencet heirmi ndswi thout
theirbei ngawar eofwhathasoccur red.

Protect
ionof 12.
-(
1)Acont entser
vicesli
censeesshall
-
chil
dren (a)ensur ethatduecar eisexercisedinorderto
avoidcontentwhichmaydi sturborbehar mful
tochil
dren;
(b)notbr oadcastpr ogrammesasr ef
err
ed toin
paragr
aph( a)duringfamil
yv i
ewingofli
steni
ng

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per i
od;
(c) requestper mi ssiont oconducti ntervi
ewswi th
mi nor sfrom themi nor
’spar entsorguar di
ans
bef oreconduct inganintervi
ewwi t
hami nor;
(d)pr ot ectchil
drenf r
om negat i
vei nf
luences.
(
2)Subj ectto par agraph ( 1)(
a),a cont entwi th
off
ensiv
el anguage i ncludes explici
tsexualorv i
olent
materi
al,musi cwi t
hsexual lyexpl
icitlyr
icsorl y
ricswhi ch
depi
ctviol
ence.

Vi
olence 13.Acont entser vicesl i
censeeshal l
-
(a) havepar t
icularr egar dt opr otectchildrenf r
om
anycont entofv iolentnat ure;
(b) have a r esponsi bil
ity t o ensur e t hat
programmesbr oadcast sdonot -
(i
)i ncite,encour ageorgl amor i
zev i
ol enceor
brutality;
(ii
)cont aingr at uitousv i
olenceinanyf or m;
(i
ii
)not char act erize v i
olence as t he onl y
legiti
mat e i ngr edient and mai n t heme
wi t
hout cl early showi ng t he negat i
ve
consequencesofv i
olencet oitsvict i
msand
perpet rator s;
(i
v)showmet hodsordev i
cesofi nfl
ictingi nj
ury
whi char ecapabl eofeasyi mitati
on;
(v)not por tray conduct t hat encour ages
antisoci albehav ior,abuse ofal coholor
drugs;
(vi
)notai rpr ogr ammescont ai
ningf right ening
and excessi v e speci al effectsf eat ur i
ng
violencenotr elev anttot hestoryline;
(
vii
)not ai r pr ogr ammes cont aini ng a
combi nationofv i
olenceandsexualconduct
meantt o exi te sexual l
y t he v iewer s or
li
stener s;
(vi
ii
)notai rpr ogr ammest hatpor tr
ayv iolence
agai nstwomeni ndr amaast oencour age
thei deat hatwomenar etobeexpl oitedor
degr aded t hr ough v i
olence orar e wi l
li
ng
victimsofv iolence;
(i
x)notai rpr ogr ammest hatpor tr
ayv iolence

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againstwomenasaner ot
icexperience;
(x)notai rprogrammesshowi ngcl ose-upsor
graphic detail
s of bodi es orv ict
ims of
accidentsorv i
olentclashes;
(
xi)Notai rcartoonsf orchildr
ent hatcont ai
n
excessive v i
olence depi cti
ng human
charactersthatat t
ackpeopleongr oundsof
race,rel
igi
on,beliefsorsexualacts.

Water
shed 14.Ev erycontentservicesl i
censee shallnotprovi
de
per
iod content
-
(a)unsui tabl
ef orchi l
dren when l arge number s of
chil
dren may be expect ed to be par toft he
audience;
(b)whi ch depicts orcont ains scenes ofv i
olence,
sexuallyexplicitconductorof f
ensivelanguage
i
ntendedf oradul taudi ences dur ingwatershed
peri
od;
(c) which contains excessi v eand gr ossoffensi
v e
l
anguageusedi ncont entt r
ansmi t
tedduringthe
watershedper iod.

Present
ati
on 15.-
(1)Acont entser vicesli
censeeshal lensur ethat
ofnews atleast1. 30hr soft hedai lyprogrammeout putshal lbe
fornews.
(2)Thel icenseeshal l
-
(
a)pr ovide news of l ocal
,r egi onal,nat ionaland
internat i
onal natur e;
(
b)r epor taccur atel
y,i mparti
ally ,fai
rlyandi nanon-
par ti
sanmanner ;
(
c) repor tnewsi nanobj ect
iveandbal ancedmanner ,
wi thouti ntent i
onal ornegl igentdepar t
uref rom
the f acts,whet herby di st ort
ion,exagger ati
on,
mi srepr esent ati
onormat erial omission;
(
d)notacceptsponsor shiponnewsbul leti
ns;
(
e)accept sponsor ship of weat her br oadcast ,
financi albr oadcast sort raf fi
cr eports,pr ovi
ded
thatt he licensee shal lret ain ult
imat e editorial
cont rol and i ndependence oft he sponsor ed
pr ogramme;
(
f) ensur ethatal lsponsor shipl ogosf orpr ogrammes

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underpar agraph( e)ar eplacedataposi tionwhich

doesnoti nconv enienceaudi ences;
(
g)ensur e that sponsor ship of an i nfor mati
on
programmedoesnotcompr omi set heaccur acy
andimpar t i
ali
tyoft hepr ogrammecont ent ;
(
h)notunr easonabl ydi scri
minat eagainstorf avoura
parti
cularsponsor ;
(
i) notbr oadcastanypr ogramme sponsor ed bya
poli
ticalpar tysav ef oran adv er
ti
sementbya
poli
ticalpar t
yi nwhi chcaset headv ertshal lbe
dist
inctlyidentifi
edsoasnott obeconf usedwi th
normal programmi ng;
(
j) acknowl edge t he sponsor ship ofa pr ogramme
i
mmedi atelybef oreandaf tert hepr ogrammei s
broadcast ,and any connect ion bet ween t he
programme’ s subjectmat terand t he sponsor ’
s
commer cialactiv
iti
esi denti
fied.

Curr
ent 16.Acontentservi
celicenseeshal l
ensur ethat,
during
af
fai
rs thepr esent
ation ofcurrentaf f
air
spr ogramme,f actual
programmesanddocument aries;whereissuesofpubl i
c
i
mpor t
ancearediscussed,r easonableeffortismadeand
reasonableopportuni
tyisgiv entopresentaf air
,accurate,
balancedandi mparti
alvi
ew.

Expressi
onof 17.-
(1) Wher ethel i
censeeal l
owst heexpr essi onof
personal personalvi
ewsdur ingthepr ogramme,t heaudi enceshal l
vi
ews
bei nf
ormedi nadv anceandbegi venanoppor tuni t
yt o
respondtosuchv i
ews.
(2)Subj ectt otheseRegul ations,alicenseeshal l-
(a)exerci segr eatcar ewhenr epor ti
ngi nci dent sof
tort
ur e,i l
ltreatmentofpeopl eorani mal s,cl ose
upsofdeadormut i
latedbodi es,peoplei next reme
painoront hepoi ntofdeat horv i
olentt reat ment
ofchi ldren;
(b)refr
ai nf rom broadcast ingpr ogrammest hatgi ve
inf
or mat ion on sui cide met hods, maki ng of
explosi vesandi ll
i
cituseofdr ugs;
(c)refr
ai nf r
om gi vi
ngunduepr omi nencei nnewsand
current af fai
rs, f act ual or ent er tainment
progr ammet oowner sofbr oadcast i
ngst ations;

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(
d)ref
rai
nf r
om broadcasti
ng programmest hatar
e
l
ikel
ytopromoteciv
ilorpubli
cdisorder;and
(
e)ref
rai
nf r
om broadcasti
ng pr ogramme t hatar
e
l
ikel
ytopr omoteprosti
tut
ionandot herimmoral
acti
vi
ti
es.

Courtsand 18.-(1) A l icensee shal l ensuret hat court and

parl
iamentar
y parli
ament arypr oceedingsar er eported accur atelyand
proceedi
ngs
that t he r epor t
ing does not cont ai
n pr ematur
e
concl usionswhi chmaypr ejudi
cet heout comeoft hecase
orpar li
ament arypr oceedings.
(2) A l i
censeeshal lbef reet ocov erparliamentary
sessi ons subj ect t o laid down par liamentar yr ul
es,
regulations and pr ocedures on par liamentary
broadcast ing.
(3)Al i
censeeai ringliv
epar l
iament ar ysessionsshall
noti nsertadv erti
sement s during the pr ogramme or
displaysponsor shiplogos.

Cover
ageof 19. Duringel ectionper iodcont entser v icepr ovider
el
ecti
ons shal
l-
(a)gi ver easonabl eandequaloppor tuni ti
esf ort he
broadcast ing of el ect ion campai gns t o al l
poli
ticalpar ti
espar ti
cipat i
ngint heel ect i
ons;
(b)pr ovideequi tablecov er ageandoppor tunitiest o
candidat espar ticipating i n an el ect i
on f ort he
President , member of par li
ament or l ocal
gover nment ;
(c) notper mi tanybr oadcastsponsor edbyormade
on behal fofa pol iticalpar ty ot hert han an
adver ti
sementt her eoft obedr amat i
zed;
(d)notbr oadcastv i
ewst hatcoul di ncitev iolenceor
advocat ehat redt hati sbasedonr ace,et hnicity
,
gender ,religionorpol iti
calconv icti
onsandt hat
const i
tute i ncitement t o cause har m t o
candidat espar t
icipatingi nelect i
ons;
(e)hav et her esponsi bil
ityt ot r
eatal lpol i
t i
calpar ties
andcont estant sequi tabl yandf aci l
itatef airplay ;
(f) ensur ethatanyi mpr essi onofone- sidednessi s
avoidedi nal lprogr ammi ng;
(g)actand be seen t o be act ing i naf airand

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i
ndependentmannerandnotbei nf l
uencedby
politi
cal orot heri nter
est s;
(
h)ensur et hatst af fmember softhel i
censee,i nt he
execut ionoft hei rduties,donotwearorexhi bit
symbol sorcol our sorappearwi th clot
hesor
l
ogo associ at ed wi th any pol i
ticalpar ty or
cont estantdur ingt heel ect i
oncampai gnper i
od;
(
i) ensur et hatl icenseeandst affmember sdonot
acceptgi ft
s,f av ours orspeci alt reatmentby
politi
cal par t i
es or ot her i nt erest t hat
compr omi sepr ofessionali ntegrit
yandedi torial
i
ndependence;
(
j) giv epol iti
calpar ti
esandcandi datest her i
ghtof
replywher ear eportai red undert he editorial
responsi bili
tyoft helicenseecont ainsi naccurate
i
nf ormat ion or unf air cr i
ti
cism based on
distorti
onoff act s;
(
k) ensur et hatt he oppor tuni t
yt or epl yi s given
withint went yf ourhour si n a pr ogramme of
similarwei ghtandaudi encebegui dedbyt he
CodeofEt hicsf orPol it
icalPar tyElect i
onsissued
byt heAut hority.

Adver
ti
seme 20.-(
1) A l i
censees shal l onl y br oadcast
nt
s adv
er t
isement sthat -
(a)i sl awf ul, honest ,decentandt r
uthful;
(b)conf ormswi ththepr incipl
esoff ai
rcompet it
ion;
(c) donotcont ainanydescr i
ptions,claimsorot her
mat er i
alwhi ch may ,directlyorbyi mpl i
cation,
misl eadmember soft hepubl icinrelationt ot he
productorser vices adv er t
ised,orabouti ts
suitabi l
ityf orthepur poser ecommended;
(d)donotunf air
lyat tackordi scr edit
,directlyorby
i
mpl icationsanyot heradv erti
sers,pr oductsor
adv er t
isement s;
(e)donotr elat etosuper st i
ti
onsorast r
ology ;
(f)r el
at es t o al ternativ e medi cine upon obt ai
ni ng
appr ov al from relev antAut hor i
ty.
(2)Al i
censeeshal l
-
(a)bef or e br oadcast ing an adv ert
isement ,ensur e
that any descr ipt i
ons or cl ai
ms i n t he

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adver ti
sement hav e been adequat ely
subst antiatedbyt headv er ti
sert her eof;
(
b)exer ciser esponsi blej udgmentwhenschedul ing
adver ti
sement s whi ch may be unsui t
ablef or
chil
dr endur ingper i
odswhenl argenumber sof
chil
dr en may be expect ed t o be wat ching or
l
isteningt opr ogr ammes;
(
c) ensur et hatanyadv ertising br eaksar ecl early
disti
ngui shabl ef rom br oadcastpr ogrammes;
(
d)ensur e t hat i ts pr esent er s, when r eading
adver ti
sement s, make a cl ear di sti
nction
between pr ogr ammi ng mat erial and t he
adver ti
sement st heydel i
ver ;
(
e)ensur et hat t her ei s a cl ear separ ati
on of
adver ti
singcont entandpr ogr amme, andshal l-
(i
)br oadcasta maxi mum off i
v e mi nutes of
adver ti
singmat eri
ali nanyt hirtymi nutesof
broadcast ;
(ii
)i nser tamaxi mum oft woadv ert
isingbr eaks
i
nat hirtymi nutespr ogr amme;
(
iii
)ensur e t hat an adv ertisement does not
exceedadur at i
onofsi xtyseconds;
(
f) abidebyt hepr ov i
sionsoft heCodeofEt hicsf or
Adv erti
singandSponsor shipf ort heBr oadcast
Medi aissuedbyt heAut hor i
ty .

I
nfomer
cial
s 21.-(1)Ani nfomer ci alshall notbebr oadcast-
(a)f oraper iodexceedi ngt hreeandhal fhour softhe
per f
ormanceper i
odi nanyday ;
(b)dur i
ng pr i
me- time ordur ing anybr eak int he
transmi ssi onofachi ldr en’sprogramme.
(2)Al icenseeshal lensur e,t hatthebr oadcastofany
i
nfomer cial is di stingui shabl e f r om any pr ogramme
mat eri
albr oadcast .
(3) A l i
censee shal lensur et hatal linfomerci
als
broadcast edar el awf ul ,truthf ul,honest ,decentandi n
conformi t
ywi tht hepr inciplesoff aircompet it
ion.
(4)Thepr ovisi onsofsubr egul ati
ons( 1)and( 2)shal
l
notappl yt o br oadcast i
ng st ati
ons whi ch exclusivel
y
broadcasti nfomer cials.

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Contentfor 22.-
(1)A l icensee shal lt akeappr opr iatest epst o
physical
l
y promote t he under standi ng and enj oy ment of
chall
enged
persons programmest ransmi tted ont hei rser vi
cesf orper sons
whoar ephy sicallychal l
engedandi npar ticularper sons
whoar edeaforhar dofhear i
ng,andbl indorpar ti
all
y
bl
ind.
(2)Al i
censeeshal l-
(
a)besensi ti
vet ot her ight sanddi gni tyofper sons
whoar ement all
yorphy sicall
ychal l
enged;
(
b)notbr oadcastpr ogr ammeswhi chpat roni
zeand
promot emy thsaboutper sonswi thdi sabi l
i
ties;
(
c) ensur et hatinpor trayingact sofv iolence,t hey
are not associ ated wi th per sons who ar e
ment allychallenged.
(
3)Al icenseeshal l,
whenbr oadcastingnewsbul l
eti
n
andcurrentaf f
airsensur ethat -
(a)i tscont entout puti ssubt i
tl
edf ort hedeafand
hardonhear i
ng;
(b)hasaudi o-descriptionf ort
hebl ind;
(c) itscont entist r
ansl atedi ntosignl anguage.

Contentof 23.Acont entser

vicesli
censeeprovi
dingf
ree-
to-ai
r
an serv
icesshallensuret hatmini
mum of2% ofi tsdail
y
educati
onal
natur
e contentout
putisofaneducati
onalnat
ure.

Report
ing 24.A cont entservicesl i
censeepr ov i
dingf ree-to-
air
cont
rover
sial shallensur et hatwhenbr oadcastingcont rov er
sialissues
i
ssues
ofpubl i
ci nterestduri
ngl i
vebr oadcast s-
(a)awi der angeofv i
ewsandopi nionsar epresent ed;
(b)a per son oror ganization whose v iews on any
cont r
ov ersi
alissues ofpubl ici nteresthas been
cri
ticizeddur i
ngt hebr oadcast ,andwhor epliesto
suchcr it
ici
sm wi thinar easonabl et i
me,shal lbe
offeredanoppor t
unitybyt hel icenseet or eplyto
suchcr i
ti
cism;
(c)ar eplyt ocrit
ici
sm underpar agr aph( b)isgi v ena
simi l
ar degr ee of pr omi nence and shal l be
broadcastonasi milart i
me-sl ot,assoonasi s
reasonabl ypossible.

I
nter
views 25.
-(
1)Acont
entser
vicesl
i
censeeshal
lensur
ethat

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anypersont obeinter
viewedis-
(a)advisedofthesubjectoftheintervi
ew;
(b)inf
ormed bef or e the inter
view t o det er
mine
whet her t
he intervi
ew i st o be r ecorded or
broadcastli
ve;
(2)Al i
censeeshallexercisesensiti
vi
tyinconduct i
ng
i
ntervi
ewswi t
hbereavedper sons,survi
vorsoft r
aumat i
c
i
ncidentsorwi t
nessesthereof.

Consentt
o 26. A l
icenseeshal lnotbroadcastanyinformati
on
br
oadcast acquiredfrom aper sonwi t
houtthatperson’
sconsent ,
unl
ess t he informat i
on so acquired i
s essentialto
establi
sh t
he cr edi
bili
tyand authorit
yofa sour ce,or
wher ethei
nformat i
oni scl
earl
yinthepubl
icint
erest.

Contentof 27.Acont entservicesli

censeeshal
l-
sexualnat
ure (a)notdi sclose,in abr oadcast,t
hei dentit
yofa
victi
m ofasexualof f
enceunlesssuchv i
cti
m
consent si n wr i
ti
ng tot he di
sclosure ofhi s
i
dent i
ty;
(b)notdisclosei denti
tyofminorswhoar ev i
cti
msof
rapeoranyot hercrime;
(c)av oi
dt heuseofunnecessar yorrepetit
ivedetai
l
when br oadcast i
ng the cir
cumst ances of a
sexual offence.

Expl
i
cit
ness 28. -
(1)Acont entser vi
cesl icenseeshal lensurethat
contentofasexual naturei
s-
(a)suggestedi ndiscreetv isualorv erbalreference
andnoti ngraphicdet ai
l;
(b)notfr
equentwi t
houtgoodcause.
( 2) In broadcast i
ng pr ogr ammes whi ch contain
sexualaspect sorconduct ,thel icenseeshal ltakei nto
accountcommuni tyv al
ueson exposur et o unsolici
ted
sexual materi
al.
( 3)Acont entser vi
ceslicenseesshal lnotbr oadcast
or relay any pr ogramme t hatdepi cts actualsexual
acti
vity.
( 4)Nudesceneswhi chshow t hegenitalsshallnot
bebr oadcastexceptf oreducat i
onal purposes.
( 5) Whereanewsst oryi nvolv essexualaspect ,i
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shal
lbepr esent
edassuchwi t
houtundueexploit
ati
on.
(6) Wher el i
nks between v i
olence and sexual
grat
if
icati
onar eexploredasaser ioust hemeindr ama,
anydepicti
onshallbejusti
fi
edbyitscontent.

Language 29.A cont entser vicesl i

censeeshall-
(a)ensur et hatonl yKiswahi l
iandEngl i
shlanguages
areused f oral lbr oadcastsexceptwher epr i
or
speci fi
caut horizati
onbyt heaut hori
tyhasbeen
givent ouseot herlanguagesf oraspecificreason
andper i
od;
(b)refrainf r
om usi ngl anguagemeantt omi sl
eador
unnecessar il
ycauseal arm anddespondency ;
(c)takepar ti
cularcar et oav oidblasphemyandt ake
i
ntoaccountcul tur
al andreli
gioussensi
tivi
ti
es;
(d)avoi duseofi ndecentand abusi velanguagei n
progr ammepr esentat i
on;
(e)avoi dusingi mpr operlanguage,pronunciati
ons,or
mixi ngofl anguages.

Comment
ari
e 30.Afree-
to-
aircontentser
v i
ceslicenseeshal
lensure
s thatanycomment ar
iesthatarebr oadcast,whet
hert he
comment saremadebyt helicenseeorbyanyper son
i
nv i
tedbyt heli
censee,arepresentedi namannert hat
clearl
yindicat
est hattheyarebasedonf act
swhichar e
clearl
ystated.

Local
cont
ent 31. -
( 1)Ami nimum ofsi xty(60)percentofal lcontent
provided by a f ree-t
o-air content services l i
censee,
measur edasaweekl yav erageov ert
heper i
odofay ear
,
shallbecont entproducedby -
(
a)a nat ural person who i s a ci t
izen of , and
per manent l
yresidentint heUnit
edRepubl ic;
(
b)al egalper son,themaj ori
tyofwhosedi rectorsor
shar ehol dersarecitizensandper manent l
yr esiding
int heUni t
edRepubl ic;
(
c)t he l icensee orany per son due aut hor i
zed by
relev ant aut hori
ty t o under t
ake l ocal cont ent
pr oduct i
on;
(2) Fort he purpose oft hese regulati
ons,l ocal
content means t he t otalof al lt el
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programmeswhi chf ulf

illt hef ollowingcondi ti
ons-
(
a)t heproduct i
oni smadei nKi swahi l
iorEngl i
sh;
(
b)t hecont entdeal swi t hissuest hatar euni queand
rel
evantt oTanzani anaudi ences;
(
c)atl eastf ortyper cent( 40%)oft heshar esoft he
productioncompanyar eownedbyTanzani ans;
(
d)amaj orit
yoft hear t
istar eTanzani ans;
(
e)t helocat i
onoft heshoot i
ngi ncaseofaudi ovisual
programmesorper for mancewasi nTanzani a;
(
f)t heaut horoft hepr ogram i saTanzani anandi n
case ofco- aut hor ship ormul ti
-aut horship,f i
fty
percent ( 50%) or mor e of t he aut hor s are
Tanzanian;
(
3)Fort hepur poseoft hisr egulation,local content
doesnoti ncludenewsandcomment ari
es.
(
4)Publ icandcommer cialcont entser vi
cesl icensees
shallensur et hatnotl ess t han 80% oft heirmusi c
selecti
oni sTanzani anmusi candai reddai lybet ween5. 30
a.m and9. 00p. m.
(
5)Not wit
hst andi ngt hepr ov i
sionsofsub- regulati
on
(1),thel i
censeeshal lensur et hatt enper cent( 10%)of
l
ocalcont entai redbyt hel icenseeshal lbepr oducedand
suppliedtot helicenseebyi ndependentpr oducer s.

PARTIV
PROGRAMMECODEOFCONDUCT

Progr
amme 32.
-(
1)Thepr
ogr
ammecodeofconductpr
escr
ibedi
n
Codeof t
hisPartshal
l
-
Conduct
(
a)bebi ndingonal lcontentserv
icesli
censees;and
(
b)pr ohibi
ttheprovisionofcontentwhichisindecent
,
obscene,fal
se, menacingorot her
wiseoffensi
vein
character
.
(
2) Wi t
hout prejudice to subregulat
ion 1(b),the
programmecodeofconductshal lsetthestandardsfor
thetimeandmannerofpr ogr
ammest obebr oadcastby
l
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Eventsof 33.
-(
1) Pr ovi
sion ofcont
entr
egar
ding ev
ent
s of
nati
onal nat
ionali
nter
estshall
-
i
nterest
(a)ensur et hatcont entr egar di
ngev entsofnat ional
i
nt er estar ereasonabl yaccessi blet omember sof
thepubl icsimul taneousl ywi tht heoccur renceof
such ev ents orwi t
houtundue del ay af tert he
occur renceofsuchev ent s;
(b)cl ear lyi denti
fyt henat ureofev entst hatcanbe
cat egor izedasev entsofnat i
onal i
nterest;
(2)Ev ent sofnat i
onali nter estshal lincludesigni f
icant
spor ti
ngev ents, poli
ti
calorgov er nmentev entsthatar eof
i
nt erestori mpor t
ance t o a subst ant i
alpr opor ti
on of
mai nlandTanzani ansoci ety.
(3) TheAut hori
tyshal l,inaccor dancewi tht heAct ,
make r ules t or egulate subscr ipt
ion cont entser vices
prov i
der sf rom acqui ringexcl usiv erightst hatpr eventor
hindert hepubl icbroadcast erf rom br oadcast i
ngev ents
thatar eofnat ionalinterest.

Discl
osureof 34.Ali
censeeshal
ldi
scl
oset
henamesofproducers
namesof ofeverypr
ogrammeatt heendoftr
ansmi
ssi
onoft he
producer
s
pr
ogramme.

I
nvest
igat
ive 35.Al i
censeeshallensurethati
nvesti
gat
iver
epor
ts
r
eport
ing ar
e balanced,accur
ate,f
airandcomplete.

Pr
ivacy 36.-
(1)Acont entser v i
cesl i
censeeshal l
,unl esshere
i
s compel l
ing publ i
ci nterestf ort he mat eri
alt o be
broadcast ,notusemat eri
alr elatingt o pr ivateaffai
rs
whichi nvadesani ndi
vidual ’sprivacy .
(2) Inr el
at i
ont opubl icf i
gur es,t hepubl i
cshal lbe
given f actst hatbearupon an i ndividuals’abi l
i
tyt o
performt heirdutiesorhi s/ hersui tabili
tyforof fi
ce.
(3)Acont entser vicesl i
censeeshal lnotdoany t
hing
thatent ail
sintrusionintopr ivat
egr i
efanddi stressunless
i
ti sj usti
fied by ov erriding consi derati
ons of publ i
c
i
nter est.

Li
ve 37.Acont
entser
vicesl
icenseeswhenpr
ovi
dingl
i
ve
pr
ogrammes f
reetoai
rpr
ogr
ammesshal l
-

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(
a)be t echni
cally equi pped i n handl i
ng l i
ve
programmessoast oav oidbroadcast i
ngobscene
and undesi rable comment s f r
om par ti
cipants,
call
ersandaudi ences;
(
b)ensuret hatcont r
ibutors and par t
icipantst oa
programmear etreatedf airl
ywithoutdi scri
mi nat
ion
ordenigrati
on;
(
c)ensuret hatt heyabi de byt he provisionsoft he
Cap.218 Copy r
ightandNei ghbour ingRightsActespeci all
yin
rebroadcasti
ngofpr ogr ammesl i
veordel ayed;and
(
d)befreet ounder t
akepr ogr ammehook- upsubj ectto
businessagreement .

Family 38.-(
1) Dur ingear lyhour soft headultlisteni
ngand
vi
ewing viewing per iod, a l icensee shal l provi
de audi ence
poli
cyand
programme adv i
sories bef ore t he commencement of each
cl
assifi
cat
ion progr amme.
(2)I naddi t
iont ov er balwar ningaboutt hecont ent,a
l
icenseeshal ldisplayv isualwar ningont hescreenatt he
startoft hepr ogr ammeandonal lpr
omot i
onal material.
(3)Thef oll
owi ngwar ningsy mbolsshallbedi splayed
ont elevi
sion:
(a)C.- --cont entmayof fend;
(b)L.- -
-languagemayof fend;
(c)V- --cont ainv iolence;
(d)VL.- --cont ainsv iolenceandst r
onglanguage; and
(e)S.-sexual cont entmayof f
end.
(4) Thef ol
lowi ngcl assi f
icati
onsonager estri
ct i
ons
shall beused-
(a)FAM._Gener al/Fami lyviewing
(b)PGA._par ent al gui danceadv i
sed;
(c) 13+_Appr ov edf orv iewingbyper sonsov er13
yearsofage;
(d)16+_Appr ov edf orv iewingbyper sonsov er16
yearsofage; and
(e)18+_Appr ov edf orv iewingbyper sonsov er18
yearsofage.
(5) Thesubscr iptioncont entser vi
ceslicenseeshal l
visually di splay cl assi fication war ni
ng sy mbol s
throughoutt hev iewi ngper i
od.
(6) Thesubscr iptioncont entser vi
ceslicenseeshal l

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notonl ydispl ayt hesy mbol sbutshal lalsogi v ereasonf or

theclassificat ionasf oll
ows:
FAM._Fami lyViewi ng
V._ Vi olence
S._ Sexual Acti
v it
y
L._Coar seLanguage
PGA_Par entGui danceAdv ised.
(
7) I naddi ti
on,t hef ollowinggui delinesar et obe
fol
lowed-
(a)Vi olence–shal lbedi screetlyimpl i
edorst yledand
shallnotcont ai nal otofdet ailandshoul dnotbe
prolonged;
(b)Language – Coar se l anguage shal l be used
i
nf r
equent ly;
(c)Sexualact i
vity–shal lbesuggest edbutdi screetl
y
andi nfrequent ly.Ver balreferencet osexmaybe
sli
ght ly mor e det ailed but sexualact ivity not
depict ed.Nudi tymaybeshownbutnoti ndet ai
l;
(d)Dr uguse–shal lbeshownonl ybr iefl
yi fitenhances
the st oryl ine. Thi s may be shown butnot
encour agedorpr omot ed;
(e)18+ -t hiscat egor yi sl egallyr est r
icted( materi
al
classifiedundert hi
scat egorydeal swi thi ssuesor
cont ain depi cti
ons whi ch r equire mat ure
perspect iv
e).

Programme 39.-
(1)A cont entser v
ices l i
censee shal lpubl i
sh
schedule progr amme schedul ei n a dail
ynewspaperci rculating
widel yinTanzani aori nit
sbr oadcastingchannelatl east
onemont hinadv ance.
(2) A l icensee shalladher et ot he progr amme
schedul ewhi chhav ebeenpr ovidedi nadv ancet ot he
i
ntended audi ence or subscr ibers unl ess otherwi se
obligedt obr oadcastspont aneousev entsofnat ionalor
i
nter nati
onalsi gnifi
cance li
ve ort hr
ough speci alnews
progr ammes.
(3)Al i
censeeshal lnotchangepr ogrammeschedul e
withoutpr iornot ifi
cati
ontotheAut hor
ity.
(
4)Al icenseeshal lsubmittot heAuthor i
ty:
(a)adv ancequar terl
yprogrammeschedul ef ourteen
day sbef oreeachquar t
er;

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(b)tr
ansmi ssi
on pr ogr
amme r eport
s det ai
ling
numberofeducat ional,
chil
drenprogrammesand
l
ocalmusi c play list br oadcasted i
nt hat
part
icularquart
er.
(5)The r eportundersubr egul
ation (4)
(b)shallbe
submitt
edtot heAut hor
it
ywi t
hinsevenday saft
ertheend
ofeachquarter.

St
ati
on 40.The l
icensee shal
lclearl
yidenti
fyitsel
fbyit
s
i
dent
ifi
cat
ion stat
ioni
dent
ifi
cati
onregular
lyeveryhourduri
ngthedai
l
y
peri
odwhenitprovi
descontenttothepubl
ic.

Di
scr
imi
nat
io 41.-(1)Acont entser vi
cesl i
censeepr ovidi
ngf ree-to-
n ai
rshall-
(
a)av oidbr oadcast ingmat eri
alwhichpr omot esor
gl amor i
zesdi scriminati
onbasedon-
( i
)r ace;
(ii
)nat ional i
ty ;
(iii
)et hnicity;
(iv)or igin;
(v)col our ;
(v i
)r el i
gion;
(v ii
)gender
(
v iii
)age; or
(ix)speci alneeds.
(
b)por tray women and men as hav ing equal
capabi li
tiesi nper formingsocietalfunctions.
(2)Ev eryl i
censeeshal lavoi
d-
(a)ident i
fy i
ngpeopl ebyt heirethni
coriginorcol our;
(b)usageofder ogat orytermsi nspeaki ngofmenor
womenofapar t
icularethnicgrouporr ace;
(c)t he pr esent ation ofa gr oup ofpeopl e as an
undi ff
er ent i
ated si milar mass, r ather t han a
col l
ection ofi ndiv i
duals with di
fferenti nterests
andbel iefs;
(d)pr ogrammes whi ch depi ct women as sexual
obj ects.

Rightsof 42.Ali
censeeshal
l-
personswi t
h (a)besensi
ti
vetotheri
ghtsanddigni
tyofper
sons
specialneeds
whoaremental
l
yorphysi
cal
l
ychall
enged;

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(
b)ensuret hatpr ogrammes whi ch patroni
ze and
promot emy thsaboutper sonswithdisabil
i
tiesar
e
avoided;
(
c)ensurethati nport
rayi
ngact sofv i
olence,theyar
e
notassoci ated with persons who are ment al
l
y
chall
enged; and
(
d)ensuret hatper sonswi thspecialneedaccesst o
broadcast i
ngf aci
li
ti
es.

El
ectroni
c 43.-(1) A l i
censee undert hisr egul
ati
on shall,in
progr
amme consultati
on wi th mul ti
plex oper ator, prepare an
guide
el
ectronicprogrammegui def orv iewers andl ist
ener
st o
access i nf
ormation inr elat
ion t ot he schedules of
programmemat erial
foral
l contentserv i
ces;
(
2)Anel ect
ronicprogrammegui deshal lbeeasyt o
useandnav igat
et hr
ought hepr ogrammemat eri
alwhich
i
ssubj ectofcontentservi
ces.

PARTV
GENERALPROVI
SIONS

Publ
i
c 44.-(
1)Al lcontentserv
icesl i
censeesshal
lprovi
dea
emergenci
es publi
c notice ofan emer gency ora publ i
c disast
er
announcementmade by a per son aut
hori
zed by the
Government .
(
2)TheAut hor
ityshal
l,byNot i
cepubli
shedi nthe
Gazette,pr
escribethemanneri nwhi chcontentservi
ces
l
icensees wi ll pr ovi
de i nf
ormat i
on dur i
ng publ i
c
emergenciesornat i
onaldi
sasters.

Breachof 45. Anycontentser

vicesli
censeewhocont ravenes
Regulat
ions anyprovi
sionsoftheseRegulat
ionscommi tsanoffence
andwher enopenaltyisexpresslyprovi
dedshall
,upon
convi
cti
onpayaf i
nenotexceedingTanzaniashi
l
li
ngsf i
ve
mil
li
ononly.

Mustcar
ry 46.Alicenseebysubscr
ipt
ionmustcarr
ythesignalof
obl
i
gati
ons Publi
cSer vi
ceBroadcast
er(PSB)exceptoncontentthat
requi
res copyri
ghtagreementorcont entofexclusive
natur
e.

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Clear
ances 47.A l i
censeebysubscr i
pti
on shallsubmitt ot he
ofRight
s Authori
tyev i
dence t
hatithasobt ained the necessary
ri
ghts clear
ances inrespect of the channels bei ng
broadcastfrom thesatel
l
ite,cabl
enet worksandot her
pl
atform ofnewtechnol
ogy.

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