The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has ordered Spark TV to suspend Live Wire until further notice.
After a directive from the Uganda Communications Commission to all gossip televisions to extend the shows to 10pm. The livewire show failed to adhere to the rules saying there is no reason for them to extend their show. Since they are not doing anything against the law.
Through their social media platforms, UCC confirmed that out of all the eleven Television stations that were ordered to extend the show, SparkTV has disobeyed their orders. As a punishment, UCC has ordered SparkTV to immediately suspend the live wire show. And also produce the video recordings of the last shows starting 19th
September to 20th October, 2021.
The affected programmes, known for broadcasting mostly gossip and celebrity news are: NBS TV’s Uncut Sabula and Uncut Kalakata, Spark TV’s Live Wire, Urban TV’s Short Circuit Sonsomola, ABS TV’s Evening Zone, Baba TV’s Poko Poko, and BBS TV’s Roundabout.
Others are, Dream TV’s Tik Taka Sesetura, Kingdom TV’s Kapyaki, STV’s Select E-Buzz, BTM TV’s Access, and Top TV’s Kachumbali.
