SECTOR 3 the 2014 national and Parliamentary elections and started to live stream some programmes online. The production of local content requires a lot of capacity and that should be part of NBC’s budgeting. The only local soap opera - ‘The Ties That Bind’ - for which one film producer was awarded N$4 million in 2011, was never completed though the funds were used up. This seems to have discouraged any other such initiatives since. While the NBC seems to acknowledge the need for more local content, it is not quite clear what is concretely being done to encourage more interaction with the film cultural industry as a whole. There are, however, some indications that efforts are being made to enhance local content or engage local filmmakers, such as calls for local content. In conclusion, all agreed that “yes there is a lot to be done but it is improving”. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 3.2 (2005: n/a; 2007: n/a; 2009: n/a; 2011: n/a) Average score for sector 3: 2.2 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER NAMIBIA 2015 51