Creatives upbeat about DBS 80% local content airplay

On Tuesday, the Department of Broadcasting Services (DBS) and the Copyright Society of Botswana (COSBOTS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the decision to increase local content across all DBS platforms, being RB1, RB2 and Botswana Television (Btv) starting from the April 1, 2022.

The latest development, which comes years on the backdrop of an outcry from the creative sector, changes a long-standing policy adopted by local broadcasters to the effect that foreign content should be dominant. Industry players, who also feel that the move was long overdue, see the decision as a positive development.