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Continue reading →: UCC RESUMES BIZINDALO CRACKDOWN – Prohibiting the provision of communications services without a license.KAMPALA —Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has resumed its campaign against outdoor community broadcasting using makeshift equipment commonly known as bizindalo or megaphones. In a crackdown last week, a UCC enforcement team raided parts of Mbuya, Kirinya-Bukasa, Kyebando, Kiwanga, Lugala and Namalere-Kasangati, demolishing illegal megaphone towers and confiscating amplifies and mixers. …
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Continue reading →: OFFICIAL NOMINATION LIST FOR THE 8th EDITION OF THE UGANDA FILM FESTIVALA Thousand Fate The 15 Years Affair Out of conduct A Magic Carpet’s Dream One Peoplez Till Death Do Us Part Demistifying Lifts and Lows True Future Engaito (The Magic of Wimkaaka) New life Fear knows my name The Blind Date Ssejjaaka Time Irreversible The Fix Demistifying Lifts and Lows…
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Continue reading →: TELECOMS MOVE TO DISARM ‘YOU HAVE WON’ FRAUDSTERS – During the commemoration of the World Consumer Rights Day 2021In a move to neutralise conmen who masquerade as staff of telecom companies and deceive customers that they have won unspecified prizes, telecoms have introduced dedicated phone numbers to call their customers whenever they need to reach them. Speaking at an event to mark World Consumer Rights Day on Monday,…
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Continue reading →: BRIEF ON THE SCHOOLS ICT LABS PROJECT EXECUTED BY UCC/UCUSAFINTRODUCTION The Uganda Communications Universal Services Access Fund (UCUSAF), formerly known as Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF), is Uganda’s semi-autonomous Universal Service Fund managed and administered by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). Formed in 2003 by an Act of Parliament, UCUSAF is mandated to extend communication services to the unserved…
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Continue reading →: The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) will join the rest of the world to celebrate World Consumer Rights Day 2021 (WCRD2021).On Monday, 15 March 2021, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) will join the rest of the world to celebrate World Consumer Rights Day 2021 (WCRD2021). First observed in 1983, the day is marked to raise awareness about consumer rights and has since 1983 become a focal point for promoting consumer…
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Continue reading →: Marketing and Distribution Training course- Mastering one of the most secretive and difficult processes of filmmaking; ‘selling your movie to distributors’.This course is open for 12 weeks 13 lesson series Certificate of completion 5 hours, 15 minutes of video Industry-Leading Instructors Illustrated Companion Guides About this course You’ve made your cinematic masterpiece, now what? One of the most secretive and difficult processes of filmmaking is selling your movie to distributors. …
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Continue reading →: CINEMATOGRAPHY – ADVANCED LIGHTING COURSE ;Advanced techniques for reducing, softening and shaping light as well as how to work outside with the sun to get the look you want.This course is open for 12 weeks 13 lesson series Certificate of completion 5 hours, 2 minutes of video Illustrated Companion Guides Downloadable Class Materials Industry-Leading Instructors ABOUT THIS COURSE Continuing where the Arts & Business Center Basic Lighting Course left off, the Arts & Business Center Advanced Lighting Course…
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Continue reading →: AUDIO POST-PRODUCTION- Crafting a compelling audio track & understanding the components of how it is created, mixed, and deliveredThis course is open for 12 weeks 10 lesson series Certificate of completion 5 hours, 15 minutes of video Industry-Leading Instructors Illustrated Companion Guides About this course George Lucas famously said that sound is the other 50% of the moviegoing experience. While bad sound can take your audience out of…
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Continue reading →: FILM TRAINING WORKSHOP ON EFFECTIVE SCRIPTWRITING & STORYTELLING -Supporting film writers/producers to improve story-writing & storytelling skills.THE EFFECTIVE SCRIPT/STORY WRITING WORKSHOP The technical quality of African films is getting better, and increasing attention is being paid to the business of film to produce quality films that will make the industry viable. Nigeria is gradually moving in that direction. And yet while there are obviously discernible strides,…
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Continue reading →: EDITING COURSE – Learn the process and psychology of film editing and how to properly shoot your footage.This course is open for 12 weeks 16 lesson series Certificate of completion 4 hours, 37 minutes of video Industry-Leading Instructors Downloadable Class Materials Illustrated Companion Guides ABOUT THIS COURSE In the Arts & Business Center Editing Course, Emmy-winning television and film editors take you inside the process and psychology…
UCC
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) was established under the legal framework of the Uganda Communications Act No. 1 of 1997 and the Electronic Media Act of 1996. Consequently, UCC operates as an integrated regulatory body overseeing various sectors, including Telecommunications, Data Communications, Broadcasting, Postal Communication, Radio Communication, and Infrastructure services throughout Uganda. It is also tasked with the responsibility of licensing operations of cinematography theatres and video or film libraries in Uganda.
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