Includes IPTV sites, channels, and devices. “Al-Olaya Media” issues the licensing regulation (details)

On Sunday, the Supreme Council for Information Regulation issued Decision No. 26 of 2020 on the issuance of the regulation for the granting of licenses in the Supreme Council for Information Regulation. To organize the media.

The list included procedures for granting licenses to Egyptian and non-Egyptian websites that carry out activities within the Arab Republic of Egypt, including social networking sites, in accordance with the text of Article (6) of Law No. 180 of 2018 , and also includes procedures for receiving notifications from newspapers with foreign licenses issued or distributed in Egypt, as well as procedures for granting licenses for non-Egyptian satellite and digital channels dedicated to activities within the country, in accordance with the text of the article (70 clause 2) of the same law.

The list included procedures to authorize the circulation of foreign publications in the country in accordance with the text of Article 4 of Law No. 180 of 2018, license procedures for satellite (cable) distribution companies, broadcasting companies to and from from Egypt, content transport companies, encrypted space and digital platforms, and procurement procedures Install and operate satellite stations and through the international information network (Internet), and the procedures for the approval of the council to import or produce receivers or audio and video transmission decoders (the decoder includes all audio or video transmission and decoding receivers, IPTV and the like).

The Council states that with the issuance of these regulations following the issuance of Prime Minister Decision No. 418 of 2020 regarding the issuance of the executive regulations of Act No. 180 of 2018 last February, the Supreme Council to the Media Regulation has completed the legislative structure to obtain the licenses that the legislator has entrusted to the broadcast.

The Council clarifies that, immediately after the issuance of the executive regulations of Law No. 180 of 2018, it formed a committee of experts in journalism, media, communications and laws to prepare the regulations issued today, and the Council held several sessions to listen proposals and consultations with a number of related companies working in the areas Organized by this statute, in order to produce it in a decent way that supports the business environment and investment climate in Egypt.