State of Broadcasting and
Digital Migration in the Region

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freedom of information to more inclusive, progressive and democratic policies. There is really no
evidence that digital migration will affect the minds of those who run repressive governments except
where (and this is a remote possibility) digital migration will force governments that have hitherto
cited a crowded spectrum as the reason for repressive policies to change those policies.
For that reason, the following recommendations are made:
1. Digital migration should start with dialogue concerning what will happen after digital
migration in terms of repressive policies that limit people’s rights of access to information
and freedom of information.
2. Citizens’ rights of access to information and freedom of information should be central in
discussions concerning broadcasting.

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