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(Fwd) Colombia (community tv)

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From: Bruce Girard
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 00:00
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Date:          Mon, 28 Jul 1997 17:37:41 -0400 (EDT)
From:          ifex@web.net (IFEX)
Subject:       Colombia (community tv)


IFEX - News from the international freedom of expression community
_________________________________________________________________

ACTION ALERT - COLOMBIA

28 July 1997

Proposed regulations will hinder community tv

SOURCE: The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters
(AMARC), Montreal

(AMARC/IFEX) - AMARC, the joint communications service of
International Catholic Communications Organizations (the Servicio
Conjunto de Comunicacion de las Organizaciones Internacionales
Catolicas de Comunicacion) and the Social Foundation of Colombia (the
Fundacion Social de Colombia) are encouraging other organizations to
protest a proposal by the National Commission for Television (Comision
Nacional de Television, CNTV) which would regulate community
television in Colombia.

According to the Fundacion Social, proposed regulatory guidelines were
remitted to authorities about fifteen days ago; by law, the plan must
be put before the public for comment. The proposed regulations would
hinder community television broadcasters in three ways:

1. They limit community television to cable broadcasting, thus
restricting stations from more wide-reaching frequencies.

2. They restrict community stations economically, since the
stations would only be allowed to secure financing through
donations and cable subscriptions. This places strategic limits on
their ability to compete with other private television stations.

3. They restrict the freedom of expression of community television
stations by barring them from broadcasting opinion and news
programmes. This regulation is unconstitutional, violating the right
to free expression, opinion, and of all citizens to inform and be
informed.

These CNTV regulations would affect over three hundred community
television broadcasters in Colombia, and many of them would be
forced to disappear, says the Fundacion Social.

The Fundacion Social has asked the CNTV to closely study the
reality of the environment it is trying to regulate, and the
significant social and cultural benefits of community stations.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Send appeals to authorities:
-outlining the above-mentioned points
-asking that the final draft of the regulations allow community
television stations to compete as equals with other stations

APPEALS TO:

Comision Nacional de Television
Bogota, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 2 57 24 46

Please copy appeals to AMARC and to:

Fundacion Social de Colombia
Bogota, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 6 35 88 41
(Indicate in your appeal to the CNTV that you are sending a copy
to the Fundacion.)

Servicio Conjunto de Comunicacion
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: +593 2 548046
Fax: +593 2 501658
E-mail: scc@uio.satnet.net

Please copy appeals to the source if possible.

For further information, contact Bruce Girard, AMARC, Av.
Atahualpa 333, Casilla 17-08-8489, Quito, Ecuador, telefax: +593 2 501
180 or 551 674, fax in Montreal, Canada: +1 514 221 2009, e- mail:
bgirard@pulsar.org.ec. Or, contact AMARC at 3575 St-Laurent, Suite
611, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2T7 Canada, tel: +514 982 0351, fax: +514
849 7129, e-mail: amarc@web.net, Internet: http://www.web.net/amarc/.

The information contained in this alert is the sole responsibility of
AMARC. In citing this material for broadcast or publication, please
credit the Fundacion Social de Colombia.
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ALERTA - COLOMBIA

el 28 de julio de 1997

Proyecto de acuerdo reglamentario obstaculiza tv comunitaria

FUENTE: Asociacion Mundial de Radios Comunitarias (AMARC),
Montreal

(AMARC/IFEX) - AMARC, el Servicio Conjunto de Comunicacion de las
Organizaciones Internacionales Catolicas de Comunicacion y la
Fundacion Social de Colombia estan solicitando manifestaciones de
entidades afines con respecto al proceso de reglamentacion de la
television comunitaria en Colombia, que el organo competente, la
Comision Nacional de Television (CNTV) tiene en tramite.

Segun la Fundacion, un proyecto de acuerdo reglamentario fue
entregado a los interesados hace alrededor de quince dias; por
ley, debe ser puesto a consideracion del publico para que este
haga sus comentarios. El mencionado proyecto de acuerdo
obstaculiza el desarrollo de los canales que se encuentran en
manos de las comunidades del pais en tres sentidos:

1. Limita tecnicamente la television comunitaria a ser emitida por
cable, de modo que queda restringida la posibilidad de optar por
frecuencias irradiadas.

2. Limita economicamente la television comunitaria al permitirle
solo financiarse con donaciones y suscripciones del servicio de
cable, prohibiendole comercializar la produccion. Esto le impide,
estrategicamente, las posibilidades de competencia con la television
de los grupos economicos.

3. Limita las posibilidades expresivas de la television
comunitaria al prohibirle la emision de programas de opinion y de
noticieros. Esta disposicion es inconstitucional y lesiona el derecho
a la libre expresion de las opiniones de los ciudadanos y de sus
organizaciones y el derecho de todos los ciudadanos a informar y ser
informados.

Con estas disposiciones de la comision se afectan mas de
trescientos canales comunitarios en el pais, y muchos de ellos se
veran obligados a desaparecer, dice la Fundacion.

La solicitud de la Fundacion Social a la Comision ha consistido en que
se consulte claramente la realidad de la situacion que se pretende
regular y los significativos hechos sociales y culturales que en ella
se apoya.

ACCION RECOMENDADA:

Remitir apelaciones a las autoridades:
-sobre los puntos mencionados
-llamando la atencion a la Comision para que la redaccion final
del acuerdo reglamentario le permita a los canales de television
comunitaria competir en los circuitos comunicativos en igualdad de
condiciones

APELACIONES A:

Comision Nacional de Television
Bogota, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 2 57 24 46

Favor mandar copias de sus apelaciones a AMARC y a:

Fundacion Social de Colombia
Bogota, Colombia
Fax: +57 1 6 35 88 41
(Anunciar en el comunicado a la CNTV que se esta enviando copia a la
Fundacion Social.)

Servicio Conjunto de Comunicacion
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: +593 2 548046
Fax: +593 2 501658
Correo electronico: scc@uio.satnet.net

Para mas informaciones, comunicarse con Bruce Girard, AMARC, Av.
Atahualpa 333, Casilla 17-08-8489, Quito, Ecuador, fono/fax: +593 2
501 180 o 551 674, fax en Montreal, Canada: +1 514 221 2009, correo
electronico: bgirard@pulsar.org.ec, o con AMARC, 3575 St- Laurent,
Suite 611, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2T7 Canada, tel: +514 982 0351, fax:
+514 849 7129, correo electronico: amarc@web.net,
http://www.web.net/amarc/.

Esta informacion es responsabilidad de AMARC. Favor de reconocer
la Fundacion Social de Colombia al difundir esta informacion.
_________________________________________________________________
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 sitio Internet: http://www.ifex.org/
_________________________________________________________________

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Bruce Girard             Agencia Informativa Pulsar
Email: bgirard@pulsar.org.ec
http://www.web.net/amarc/pulsar.html
Fono/Fax: +593-2-501 180 o 551 674
Fax en Montreal, Canada: +1-514-221-2009
Av. Atahualpa 333, Casilla 17-08-8489, Quito, Ecuador
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