State Competition Committee: Providers have no right switch off social TV channels
29/06/2015 19:10
State Competition Committee: Providers have no right switch off social TV channels
29/06/2015 19:10
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Providers of paid terrestrial digital television have no right 12 free channels of National Television and Radio Company of Uzbekistan (NTRK) even the subscribers failed to pay to their services, the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Privatization, Demonopolization and Development of Competition said in a statement.
According to the current documents, 12 national channels of NTRK, broadcasted in digital format DVB-T, should be available for all users of digital television for free.
The committee said that social TV channels Uzbekistan, Yoshlar, Toshkent, Sport, Oilaviy, Bolajon, Navo, Madaniyat va ma`rifat, Diyor, Dunyo bo`lab, Kinoteatr and Mahalla should be broadcasted for free for all users of digital television.
The studies of the committee showed that majority of providers of paid terrestrial digital television switch off free TV channels if the users fail to pay for their services.
In order to protect rights of consumers, the committee directed a letter to the Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communication of Uzbekistan on providing information on legality of switching of national (free) channels along with paid channels by providers if the users did not pay for services.
The Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communication of Uzbekistan directed letters to Uzbektelecom, UzdigitalTV, MaksLayn and O’zbekiston Kabel Televideniyasi with demand to ensure that all 12 social channels translated to subscribers even if the payment was not made.
The committee said that based on this, providers of paid terrestrial digital television, which conduct their activities based on corresponding license, have no right to switch off NTRK TV channels even if the users did not make payments for service in time.
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