Anacom – National Communications Authority announced on Monday that ended the in-depth investigation into the costs of digital terrestrial television (DTT), whose conclusion is that the “amount charged to televisions” by Meo “is not excessive.”
In a statement, the communications regulator led by Fátima Barros said that “ended in-depth investigation into the TDR service costs and revenues which indicates that the price currently charged by Meo [PT Portugal] to television operators is not excessive.”
Anacom said that this conclusion took into account “the costs incurred by Meo in 2013 as well as the allocation of free capacity costs in the MUX The Meo and television operators.”
In other words, the regulator believes that the costs of unused capacity of the MUX A should be shared between television operators – RTP, SIC and TVI – and the operator that manages the DTT network, in this case Meo.
“In the assessment of prices, Anacom considered that it should take into account that the inclusion of new channels on MUX A (DTT platform) does not depend exclusively on Meo, so the costs of unused capacity of this platform should be shared between Meo and television operators “he says.
In the draft decision, Anacom” recommended to the Meo that in the future, take the initiative to lower prices as the capacity of the MUX A go being busy or if there is a reduction in costs, an amount that would justify this reduction, since the prices charged to television operators, desirably, should be cost-oriented. ”
The regulator points out that the orientation of prices to costs can only be imposed by Anacom “following a market analysis where there are the criteria that justify regulatory intervention and conclude that the Meo has significant market power” .
It states that the analysis of the wholesale market for broadcasting to deliver content to end users will be finalized after public consultation and prior hearing which runs until 7 September.
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