Ministry bemoans ‘gap’ in local content development

MINISTER of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Jonathan Moyo has expressed concern at the development of local content on the showbiz circuit at the closing ceremony of the 13th edition of the International Images Film Festival (IIFF) for women held at Jameson Hotel over the weekend.

In a speech read on his behalf by the ministry’s director, international communication services, Ivanhoe Gurira, Moyo said the current gap in local content development was a cause for concern.

“It is necessary to underscore the need to expedite the development of local content in view of the mandatory digital broadcasting era that the world will be entering into as from June 2015,” Moyo said.

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