White paper on creativity - ebla center

Chapter 15ObjectiveGovern the radio and television sectorAction 26: Provide regulations for the trade in radio and televisionfrequencies, bearing in mind the following:• radio frequencies are public goods and the holders are not owners butconcessionaires• frequencies are granted for specific services, defined by a law of 1990;frequency-holders who have no regular radio or television schedules, orwhose schedules are not in line with the legal criteria (e.g. no specificallyprepared information programmes) will have their licence revoked.ObjectiveProvide incentives for the production of quality contentAction 27Stimulate the creation of independent radio promotion by specialised companiesand consortia of networks with incentives for projects and programmes withinnovative features.Regulate the market of independent television production through publicsupport for projects and pilot productions in television fiction series anddocumentaries. Funding will be provided according to quality assessment ofprojects by commissions set up according to rigorous quality criteria (made up,for example, of critics and teachers but excluding public officials in the sector,producers and other stakeholders liable to conflict of interest).Dedicate part of the income from licence fees and/or proceeds from possibleauctions of frequencies to production, promotion and broadcasting in the RAIand private networks according to special conventions for innovative andexperimental programmes.Action 28Promote jointly with other Latin countries a quality television network dedicatedto developing mutual cultural knowledge and the production and circulation ofinnovative products.WHITE PAPER ON CREATIVITY 362