State of the media report Q1-2021 content streaming. The statistics in the ICT Sector Annual Market Report are also critical as they help to influence the course of the country’s digital migration process, with transition to digital TV already in progress23. As such, there is need for the media sector to take advantage of the developments in the ICT sector as highlighted in the Annual Market Report. There is, also, need for government to create an enabling environment through the provision of customs waivers and other tariff reductions on equipment meant to increase the capacity of media houses to digitise as well as integrate internet based broadcasting tools. This is especially against the Authority’s forecast of a positive outlook in the general uptake and use of ICT services in 2021 with the number of active mobile network subscriptions expected to increase by 5.2 percent while uptake and use of internet services is also anticipated to continue improving. With regard to media development and performance during the quarter, the following was the breakdown of media outlets: BROADCAST INSTITUTIONS24 COMMUNITY RADIO 72 COMMERCIAL RADIO 62 COMMERCIAL TELEVISION 24 COMMUNITY TELEVISION 13 PUBLIC RADIO 6 PUBLIC TELEVISION 5 SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT SERVICE 7 LANDNG RIGHTS BROADCASTING SERVICE 7 TOTAL 196 Mail E-paper is available at https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm while the News Diggers E-paper is available at https://diggers.news/e-paper/ 23 The Digital Switchover (DSO) is the process of moving from analogue to digital terrestrial television. The process generally comprises three stages: a) Establishing the new digital services on temporary frequencies, if required, and operating both analogue and digital services for a period (simulcasting) during which viewers have the opportunity to make changes to their receiving installations to receive the new digital signals. b) Switching off the analogue services (ASO – Analogue Switch-off) c) Change the frequencies of the digital services to their final frequencies if required (the so-called re-stacking). See the ITU FAQs document at https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/Documents/ITU-R-FAQ-DD-DSO.pdf 24 According to a list of broadcast media houses supplied by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA) 29