Citi Showbiz<\/strong>, Kwaku Asiedu intimated that the TV Licence Fee was not going to help Ghanaians and creative artistes for that matter.<\/p>\nHe has therefore suggested that a law called the \u2018Content Law\u2019 be passed to make sure content by creative artistes also gets covered.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think this TV Licence fee is going to work. Apart from the fact that its collection will be difficult, it leaves creative artistes at a disadvantaged end because we create the content that the television stations use,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI rather wish that a Content Law is passed so that charges are put on every electronic gadget that uses creative content,\u201d Kwaku added.<\/p>\n
He explained that charges can also be placed on call credits so that the drudgery of taking these fees is reduced.<\/p>\n
Responding to who should be responsible for taking these fees, the Business Development Executive said that he would want the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture to set up a management unit to handle the fund.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture would institute a management for the monies collected and distribute to stakeholders like movie makers, music content owners, radio and TV content providers and every person who creates content for radio and TV,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
He further noted that creative artistes, radio or TV stations that wish to access the fund would, therefore, have to write a proposal to the ministry.<\/p>\n
Kwaku who has made this call in the recent past, has reiterated his position on the matter on the back of the recent report that special courts have been created to deal with people who default in paying the TV Licence Fee.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, the Director-General of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), Dr. Akuffo Annor-Ntow, has told\u00a0Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0that he expects the collection of TV licenses to extend to persons who consume Television content via mobile devices and applications.<\/p>\nThe Ghana Broadcasting Corporation officially reintroduced the collection of the TV Licence fees in 2015 after years of putting it on hold due to non-payments.<\/p>\n
Domestic TV users are to pay between GH\u00a236 and GH\u00a260 for one or more TV sets in a household while TV set repairers and sales outlets are to pay an annual sum of between GHc60 to GHc240. Commercial TV operators are to pay GHc36 per annum for each TV set.<\/p>\n
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By: Kwame Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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