One point discussion on ‘Joint regulation’ of the parliament’s paid broadcasting…Outcome to be made next month
Kim Ji Young | kjy@ | 2018-03-07 10:13:08
It is now expected that discussions on aggregate regulation will come to the provisional session table in April. Regarding aggregate regulation, weighing on the sunset, it is likely that the discussions will begin again.
According to the National Assembly`s Science, Technology, Information and Communications Committee on March 6, the National Assembly will hold a "one-point" meeting to discuss whether the sunset will be held during the extra session of the National Assembly in April.
Total regulatory provisions introduced in 2015, such as cable TV, satellite broadcasting, IPTV, and other pay-TV operators, combined with other related pay-TV operators to prevent more than one-third of all pay-TV operators. In fact, it has been evaluated as a law designed to check KT and KT Skylife. However, the clause is in the process of losing power (sunset) in June.
The industry analysis indicates that if the one-point summit meeting is held at the National Assembly for the term of April, it will be in the new phase. In the meantime, the industry was weighed in at sunset. It was because of the lack of support for the discussion on cumulative regulation and the natural sunset even if the situation remained unchanged until June.
The Supreme Prosecutor`s Office, in April, is expected to focus on the bill on abolition of cumulative regulatory sunset, which the Democratic Rep. This is an analysis of the industry that changes in aggregate regulations, which were likely to be the first sunset, were likely to change. The new legislator has proposed an amendment to the Internet Multimedia Broadcasting Business Act (IPTV Act), which will keep the regulations on pay-TV bundling, scheduled for November 2016, in June of this year. In IPTV law, it is said that we will keep the combined regulation by deleting the supplementary clause that stipulates "sunset (abolition) In the process of reviewing the bill, comprehensive discussions will be continued from the basic discussion on the existence of cumulative regulations to the specific provisions such as the extension of the deadline or the share ratio.
Currently, the paid-TV industry is fiercely confronting the cumulative sunset problem. KT and KT Skylife, which dominate the market with a market share of 30%, say that paid broadcasting should provide economies of scale to provide better services to consumers.
Meanwhile, the cable industry claims that the limit of market share applied to general cable operators (SO) and IPTV is to include satellite broadcasting on the premise that the integrated broadcasting law is enacted.
Parliamentary experts said, "The regulation on aggregate is a problem that needs to be carefully analyzed considering the changes and circumstances of the pay-TV market over the past three years, future prospects for the pay-TV market, and future- The legislative assembly of the National Assembly has initiated the amendment from the beginning of the regulation, and the decision on the sunset should be made entirely by the National Assembly."
By Kim Ji Young kjy@
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According to the National Assembly`s Science, Technology, Information and Communications Committee on March 6, the National Assembly will hold a "one-point" meeting to discuss whether the sunset will be held during the extra session of the National Assembly in April.
Total regulatory provisions introduced in 2015, such as cable TV, satellite broadcasting, IPTV, and other pay-TV operators, combined with other related pay-TV operators to prevent more than one-third of all pay-TV operators. In fact, it has been evaluated as a law designed to check KT and KT Skylife. However, the clause is in the process of losing power (sunset) in June.
The industry analysis indicates that if the one-point summit meeting is held at the National Assembly for the term of April, it will be in the new phase. In the meantime, the industry was weighed in at sunset. It was because of the lack of support for the discussion on cumulative regulation and the natural sunset even if the situation remained unchanged until June.
The Supreme Prosecutor`s Office, in April, is expected to focus on the bill on abolition of cumulative regulatory sunset, which the Democratic Rep. This is an analysis of the industry that changes in aggregate regulations, which were likely to be the first sunset, were likely to change. The new legislator has proposed an amendment to the Internet Multimedia Broadcasting Business Act (IPTV Act), which will keep the regulations on pay-TV bundling, scheduled for November 2016, in June of this year. In IPTV law, it is said that we will keep the combined regulation by deleting the supplementary clause that stipulates "sunset (abolition) In the process of reviewing the bill, comprehensive discussions will be continued from the basic discussion on the existence of cumulative regulations to the specific provisions such as the extension of the deadline or the share ratio.
Currently, the paid-TV industry is fiercely confronting the cumulative sunset problem. KT and KT Skylife, which dominate the market with a market share of 30%, say that paid broadcasting should provide economies of scale to provide better services to consumers.
Meanwhile, the cable industry claims that the limit of market share applied to general cable operators (SO) and IPTV is to include satellite broadcasting on the premise that the integrated broadcasting law is enacted.
Parliamentary experts said, "The regulation on aggregate is a problem that needs to be carefully analyzed considering the changes and circumstances of the pay-TV market over the past three years, future prospects for the pay-TV market, and future- The legislative assembly of the National Assembly has initiated the amendment from the beginning of the regulation, and the decision on the sunset should be made entirely by the National Assembly."
By Kim Ji Young kjy@