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FCC holds public hearing on new rules of the pay TV service

01/24/2012

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SAO PAULO - Anatel (National Telecommunications Agency) held on Tuesday (24) public hearing on the proposal for a Regulation of SEAC (Conditional Access Service), available through the Public Consultation No. 65/2011, which deals with both the proposed regulation regarding the rules for the provision of cable TV service.

The consultation also discusses the rules of the Service MMDS (Multichannel Multipoint Distribution), the DTH service (Television Signal Distribution Audio and satellite pay) and pay TV service.

Regulation of SEAC
The hearing will be held from 8:30 am to 13h, at the Cultural Renato Guerreiro, located in the Local Government Sector South, Block 6, Block C, in Brasília (DF).
According to Anatel, the proposal sets out the rules for the SEAC, including provisions on the granting of the service, installation and licensing of stations, and distribution channels of programming required.

Among the objectives of the proposal, it is possible to reduce barriers to entry for new providers, encouraging competition, focusing on small service providers.

How to contribute
Contributions and suggestions should be supported, properly identified and addressed, preferably by means of electronic form of Interactive Monitoring System for Public Consultation, available on the FCC website (www.anatel.gov.br) until the 24 of February 2
2012.

Demonstrations will also be considered that are sent by letter, fax or electronic mail received up to 18 hours of the day January 31, 2012.
The mailing address is in the FCC website.

Currently, there are different rules for similar services, due to differences in technology used for the distribution of programming.
The FCC's proposal is to establish a more comprehensive regulation, whatever the means used to bring programming to the subscriber, in accordance with the new legislation.

According to law, from adopting a regulation of conditional access services, the current providers of CVT, MMDS, DTH and TVA may ask Anatel to adapt to the respective grant terms for authorization of Seac.

The law also stipulates that the providers who have adapted their grants for the provision of conditional access services should ensure the continued provision of services to their subscribers, with prices similar or below those charged by them in the same area of ​​service delivery.

The demonstrations received Anatel through public consultation merit examination by the Agency and will remain available to the public in its library.



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