Subscription Television: Licensing Framework
Essential Features for Grant of Subscription TV
Licence for Cable/MMDS
Introduction
statutory.
The authority for the licensing framework will be
Enabling legislation will need to be enacted
prior to the award of the licence. The relevant terms of
the successful proposal will also be included in the
licence.
The Licence
The
two
subscription TV licence (the Licence) will consist of
parts covering both broadcasting and telecommunication
(technical) aspects. This is a departure from the cable
licence as envisaged previously where two separate licences
were to be issued to the cable licensee.
It is not
for
proposed to adopt this dual-licensing approach
subscription TV because on this occasion we will not
require the Licensee to provide a second telecommunication
network.
If in future the Licensee wants to provide
telecommunication services it will have to apply for
approval separately from the Telecommunications Authority
(TA), and such application will be considered on its
merits. The Licence will be valid for a period
of 12 years with a mid-term review after 6 years.
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