SECTOR 3 3.1 Broadcasting legislation has been passed and is implemented that provides for a conducive environment for public, commercial and community broadcasting The new broadcasting legislation was passed in 2016 but it has not yet been implemented to provide for a conducive environment for public, commercial and community broadcasting. Not all the institutions provided for in the Communication Code have been established. License granting has been suspended for the past three years. The ANRCM, which is in charge of preparing tender documents for the allocation of broadcasting licenses for radio and television programmes and allocating operating licenses for audiovisual communication companies,30 has not yet been established. The approval process is currently carried out by the MCC, which has launched a restructuring campaign that could be unfavourable to the private press or press owned by the opposition. In theory, the establishment of the ANRCM should facilitate license granting and be more favourable to private and community media. However, panellists advise caution, recalling the High Audiovisual Authority, which was never set up despite the 1992 law that established it. This fact has favoured government control through the ministry in charge of communication in the management of the audiovisual sector. 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: Score of previous years: 30 Article 128 new of the Communication Code 34 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER MADAGASCAR 2019 ✓✓ ✓ ✓✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ 2.0 2006: 1.7; 2008: 2; 2010: 2.2; 2012: 2.7; 2016: 1.9 ✓