{"id":388057,"date":"2018-01-03T06:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T06:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=388057"},"modified":"2018-01-03T05:08:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T05:08:31","slug":"license-fees-paid-for-content-not-for-tv-sets-gbc-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/license-fees-paid-for-content-not-for-tv-sets-gbc-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"License fees paid for content, not for TV sets – GBC boss"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Dr. Akuffo Annor-Ntow, is at odds with the laws governing the collection of TV License fees.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s TV licensing Act 1966 (NLCD 89) mandates the collection of\u00a0license fees from persons or households that own TV sets, as is the case in many other jurisdictions.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”x5Ihd1uK3QUNeNHxCETecfpmQsAfnN7W”]However, following recent uncertainty over whether the levy is for TV ownership or the content produced by the state broadcaster, Dr. Annor-Ntow explained that the license is to cover content and not ownership of TV sets.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou aren\u2019t paying for the television set. You are paying for the content. So the principle is that the public service broadcaster will be generating content and that content is useful and to the extent that it is mandatory to provide that service, the public funds it. So it is not the television set that you are paying for. You are paying for the content.\u201d<\/p>\n