Question NW2654 to the Minister of Communications
16 October 2017 - NW2654
America, Mr D to ask the Minister of Communications
What amount did each of the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s different language news broadcasts on television generate on average in advertisement income (a) in the (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17 financial years and (b) since 1 April 2017?
Reply:
African Language News Bulletins are grouped in terms of SABC Television Channel Language Allocations for commercial revenue purposes, details are provided on a table in Annexure A attached herewith below;
ANNEXURE A:
|
NEWS |
FY 2012/13 |
FY 2013/14 |
FY 2014/15 |
FY 2015/16 |
FY 2016/17 |
APR – AUG 2017 |
|
Afrikaans Nuus |
164 305 199 |
175 486 536 |
121 458 272 |
122 218 038 |
66 628 516 |
22 498 863 |
|
English News |
97 745 623 |
73 799 593 |
52 510 754 |
52 576 870 |
44 659 975 |
9 926 773 |
|
Setswana/Sotho News |
58 669 216 |
54 849 982 |
49 303 600 |
56 111 635 |
48 773 619 |
6 291 374 |
|
Siswati/Ndebele News |
32 865 728 |
33 968 964 |
28 325 912 |
33 244 303 |
40 152 736 |
14 707 526 |
|
Venda/Tsonga News |
17 108 913 |
13 727 818 |
14 050 927 |
13 478 318 |
10 238 426 |
5 156 150 |
|
Xhosa/Zulu News |
133 639 108 |
142 576 408 |
136 042 823 |
153 272 816 |
158 458 737 |
51 934 861 |
|
Total |
504 333 786 |
494 409 301 |
401 692 288 |
430 901 979 |
368 912 009 |
110 515 546 |