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Point will be charged extra, say pay-TV

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The president of ABTA (Association of Brazilian Companies Pay TV), Alexandre Annenberg, said the TVs will pay charging extra point - the target of a lawsuit between them and Anatel (National Telecommunications Agency) - In an interview Julio Wiziack Queiroz in today's edition of Folha.
Recently, the agency has imposed restrictions on charges for the extra point, the revenue accounts on average for 20% of its $ 7 billion in revenue. However, ABTA was granted an injunction to proceed with the collection, and the courts still have another week to pronounce it.

According to Annenberg, the FCC wants to interfere in the price of a service provided on private property, which by law can only occur if there is abuse of prices. He justifies the charge because the extra point to consume network capacity of pay, which has a cost to the companies.

If the court fight is lost, he doubted that happens, the executive said that the major carriers get round the problem by creating combos [promotions including a series of products] that are within the extra point.



Source: Folha de Sao Paulo

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