Tanzania
such services to some extent, but this is not an independent organ.
Press Services of Tanzania (PST) run stories but not news items/information as such.
SCORES:
Individual scores:

1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Average score:

1.1

2.8

Media diversity is promoted through adequate competition
regulation/legislation.

ANALYSIS:
About 60% of the major media sources are in the hands of 3 entities.
Some are owned by cabinet ministers, government, the ruling party
and IPP. This includes radio and television stations as well as newspapers. Panelists observed that all indications are for even more
concentration in even fewer hands in the future.
There is no competition board at present. The government intends
to come up with a competition policy but debate over this issue is
not transparent enough. The draft is considered confidential at the
moment but expected to be widely distributed eventually. It deals
with competition generally rather than being sector-specific.
SCORES:
Individual scores:

1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1

Average score:

1.6

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