Direction
Direction for
for
Global
Global Environments
Environments
IPTV
IPTVWorkshop
Workshop
Korea
Korea
12
12-13
-13October
October2006
2006
Presentation by
Stuart Chiron
Director of Regulatory Affairs
PCCW Limited
IPTV Regulation
Most
Mostregulation
regulationwill
willbe
bethe
thesame
samefor
forIPTV,
IPTV,CATV,
CATV,FTA,
FTA,
Satellite,
Satellite,etc
etcon
onaacountry
countryspecific
specificbasis
basis
Ownership
Ownership
License
Licenseand
andOrdinance
Ordinanceand
andterms
terms
Content
Contentregulation
regulation
Price
Priceregulation
regulation
Trade
Tradeagreements
agreements(WTO,
(WTO,etc)
etc)
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IPTV: Telco Entry into Content
Is
Isentry
entryallowed?
allowed?
Î
ÎCompetition
CompetitionLaw
Lawconcerns
concernssuch
suchas
ascross-subsidization,
cross-subsidization,
leveraging
leveragingand
andbundling
bundling
Î
ÎSafeguards
Safeguardssuch
suchas
asseparate
separatesubsidiaries
subsidiariesand
andaccounting
accounting
manuals
manuals
Î
ÎCompetition
CompetitionLaw
Lawconcerns
concernsgenerally
generallyminimal;
minimal;public
publicbenefits
benefits
can
canbe
besubstantial
substantial
Î
ÎOpen
Openaccess/carriage
access/carriagerequirements
requirements
Î
ÎInternet
Internetexception
exception
Is
Isthe
theCATV
CATVoperator
operatorproviding
providingtelco
telcoservices?
services?
Î
ÎVoice
Voice
Î
ÎBroadband
Broadband
Î
ÎEtc
Etc
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Ownership
Ownership
Î
Î Foreign
Foreignownership
ownershiprestrictions
restrictions
-- %
%restrictions,
restrictions,control
control
-- Board
Boardlevel,
level,Company
CompanyArticles
Articles
Î
Î Cross
Crossownership
ownershiprestrictions
restrictions(media
(mediadiversity)
diversity)
--TV,
TV,Radio,
Radio,Newspapers,
Newspapers,Magazines,
Magazines,Advertising
AdvertisingAgencies
Agencies
--Direct,
Direct,Indirect,
Indirect,Disqualified
Disqualifiedpersons/corporations
persons/corporations
Î
Î Separating
SeparatingIPTV
IPTVcarriage
carriagefrom
fromcontent
contentservice
service
Î
Î Trade
TradeAgreements
Agreements
-- Bilateral,
Bilateral,Multilateral,
Multilateral,WTO
WTOcommitments
commitments
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Ordinance or Licensing Requirements
Investment
Investmentlevels
levelsover
overtime
time
Rollout
Rolloutand
andgeographic
geographiccoverage
coverageover
overtime
time
Channel
Channelintroduction
introductionover
overtime
time
License
Licensefees
fees
Performance
Performancebond
bond
Data
Dataprotection
protection
May/Must
May/Mustcarry
carry
Copyright
Copyrightprovisions
provisions
Enforcement
Enforcementpowers
powers
License
Licenseor
orasset
assettransfer
transfer
License
Licenserepresentations
representations
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Content Regulation
Violence,
Violence,children,
children,adult,
adult,gambling,
gambling,language
language(bars/time
(bars/timeof
ofday)
day)
Program
Programclassifications
classificationsand
andannouncements
announcements(Cat
(CatI,I,IIIIand
andIII)
III)
Education,
Education,children,
children,family,
family,news,
news,religion,
religion,current
currentaffairs
affairs
Advertising
Advertising(minutes,
(minutes,sponsors,
sponsors,program
programlength,
length,products)
products)
Security
Security(parental
(parentallocks)
locks)
Public
PublicService
ServiceAnnouncements
Announcements
Codes
Codesof
ofPractice
Practice
Keep
Keeptapes
tapes
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Price Regulation
New
Newentrant,
entrant,no
nomarket
marketpower
power
Safeguards
Safeguards(e.g.
(e.g.separate
separatesubs
subsor
oraccounting
accounting
manuals)
manuals)ififnecessary
necessary(but
(butat
ataacost)
cost)
Competition
CompetitionLaw
Law
Deceptive
Deceptiveand
andmisleading
misleadingadvertising
advertising
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