International Conference on the Iraqi Media to be Held in Baghdad
Organized by the Iraqi National Communications and Media Commission (NCMC),The two-day meeting, scheduled for June 14 and 15, will cover various aspects of the Iraqi media, including journalists’ safety, press freedom, commercial development and training.
“The Media in Iraq – A New Future,” see www.ncmc-iraq.org
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Foreword to Issue 28
We recognize the delay between issues, a result of the absence of coverage of Iraq media developments. There has been a loose resolution of the issue of a Higher Media Commission and its relationship to the National Communications and Media Commission and the Iraqi Media Network. The reconstituted Council will serve, and is serving, as a senior advisory group that assists in developing policy for the government, that evaluates and assesses performance, that charts new directions, and that helps to identify opportunities. How this will work out in practice depends on the strength of the NCMC and the IMN. The NCMC, with Siyamend Othman as CEO, has recruited a deputy, held training sessions for journalists in preparation for the election, and has been preparing tenders for national channels. The IMN saw the departure of Jalal al Mashta as director general. There have been serious debates about the management of the IMN and the future of its relationship with Harris Corp.
The relationship between Al Jazeera and the Prime Minister's office remains problematic. A lengthy and, in general, favourable article about Al Arabiya in the New York Times Magazine was indicative of a trend to look at that channel as "the reasonable" one in the competition for Iraqi (and Middle East) satellite space.
-Monroe Price
Posted by Matthew Burton on January 15, 2005 at 03:53 PM in From the Editors, Higher Media Commission, NCMC | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (131)
Visiting Iraqi public broadcasters meet British FCO minister
Text of press release from UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office web site dated 11 August 2004
Foreign Office Minister Dr Denis MacShane met with Mr Ibrahim al-Janabi, minister of state with the new Iraqi interim government, on 11 August, to discuss UK assistance to media development in Iraq. Dr MacShane welcomed the progress Iraq had made in establishing two independent institutions - the IPBS and the Iraq Communication and Media Commission. He said: "Independent Iraqi media institutions are very important to the UK. We stand ready to offer further support to help Iraqis develop the thriving independent media sector that they wish to have."
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Posted by Matthew Burton on August 12, 2004 at 02:09 PM in NCMC, Public broadcasting | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (107)
Foreword to Issue 26
This issue of the newsletter is largely about early relationships between the new interim government (headed by Prime Minister Allawi) and the NCMC (the media regulatory commission) and the Iraq public service broadcaster as emerged in the last months of the CPA. In this issue we wish to give special attention to the developments of the last weeks. On June 28, in the CPA's final order, Order 100, adjustments are made to previous orders, including Orders 14 and 65, to account for the transition of power and substitute new authorities for the governance responsibilities of the CPA. On July 27, the National Communications and Media Commission, the CPA-established media policy body, passed a formal broadcast code.
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Posted by Matthew Burton on August 5, 2004 at 08:54 PM in CPA Orders, From the Editors, Higher Media Commission, NCMC | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (270)
CPA Order 100
The final order issued by the CPA was Order 100, which simply made revisions to several previous orders to reflect the change in authority. Below are the revisions made to Order 14 (prohibited media activity) and Order 65 (media commission). The originals are in our document archive.
This is the original Order 14 with Order 100's revisions in caps:
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on July 29, 2004 at 03:01 PM in CPA Orders, NCMC | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (207)
Temporary Code regulates work of media in Iraq
Az-Zaman (Baghdad; summary from Arabic original)
July 29, 2004
Temporary Code regulates work of media in Iraq
The Iraqi National Commission of Communications and Media ratified a temporary list of regulations through which all TV stations currently working inside Iraq will be subjected to certain laws and new principles of work.
Executive director of the Commission Siyamend Zaid Othman said the temporary regulations are applicable in most civilised countries and internationally acknowledged.
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on July 29, 2004 at 02:38 PM in NCMC, NCMC, Native media | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (215)
Temporary Code regulates work of media in Iraq
Az-Zaman (Baghdad; summary from Arabic original)
July 29, 2004
Temporary Code regulates work of media in Iraq
The Iraqi National Commission of Communications and Media ratified a temporary list of regulations through which all TV stations currently working inside Iraq will be subjected to certain laws and new principles of work.
Executive director of the Commission Siyamend Zaid Othman said the temporary regulations are applicable in most civilised countries and internationally acknowledged.
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on July 29, 2004 at 02:38 PM in NCMC, NCMC, Native media | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (215)
NCMC Adopts Written Code of Practice for Broadcast Media
Baghdad, Iraq - Today the National Communications and Media Commission adopted an interim Broadcast Programme Code of Practice. As a result, broadcasters are no longer subject to enforcement actions without regard to written standards of conduct or due process.
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on July 27, 2004 at 02:35 PM in NCMC | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (277)
NCMC Decision Number 040727-01 (Code of Practice)
Interim Broadcasting Programme Code of Practice
Pursuant to the authority granted by Order Number 65, as amended (March 20, 2004), the Transitional Administrative Law of Iraq, and United Nations Security Resolution 1546 (2004), the National Communications and Media Commission (the "Commission") hereby decides that the attached interim Broadcasting Programme Code of Practice is in effect as of the date of entry into force set forth therein.
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Text of NCMC's Interim Broadcasting Programme Code of Practice
Preamble
Pursuant to the law establishing the National Communications and Media Commission (the "Commission") as the sole authority for the licensing and regulation of the broadcasting sector in Iraq and requiring the Commission to create an effective and mandatory Code of Practice for broadcasting responsibility, this Code of Practice sets forth rules and editorial standards for programme content of television and radio broadcasters in Iraq.
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Posted by Vanessa Hetherington on July 27, 2004 at 02:29 PM in NCMC | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (214)
