Digital pay TV set on time before the end of August to complete the preparatory

Has approved the national integrated operations units should complete the preparatory and timely launch before the end of August

Recently, the State Administration of radio, film and television (SARFT) issued a notice, the purpose is to strengthen the broadcast and television cable digital pay channel business bidding and launch management. According to this notice, has allowed the national pay channel integration operations units should be completed in the year before the end of August.

Notice, pay channels approved by SARFT to run in the future need to complete the preparatory work in 180 days, and should be approved by the full program will meet the quality standards of the signal sent to the SARFT broadcast pay television channels integrated operators integrated broadcast. Currently exceeds the prescribed period, the SARFT agreed to launch within 90 days. Otherwise SARFT will revoke its channel license.

The announcement has put pressure on the 5 units that have already been approved to run the national cable television digital pay channel integrated services. The SARFT given the August deadline, these units should be completed approved the relevant preparatory work in before the end of August this year and apply for approval. If not before the end of August 2005 to complete the preparation and submit the acceptance of the application, it will be canceled in the country offering business qualifications.

At the same time, the notice also provides that if the relevant units have not been approved or automatically disqualified, within two years can not apply for re.

It is understood that currently has the qualification of "national" business unit five: combination of the number of media, Shanghai TV station, Guangzhou television transmission network limited, TV program production center and one by Beijing radio and television group, the Central People's broadcasting station, Tianjin television, Shandong radio and TV station and Anhui TV etc..

Has the content of the radio and television units have to apply for pay channel qualifications, it is fancy to pay the future of the channel. However, the current pay TV market in China also need to further nurture, which also led to the latter refused to fully launched".

Not long ago, a Shanghai TV community to the "First Financial Daily" the reporter said, at present, the number of media and Shanghai media group, Shanghai TV broadcasting channel number in the impact, so far ahead of the other three, the real implementation of the broadcasting Council national operation also the only two, the other three have only a few channels has been launched.

If the other three can not be "standard" in accordance with the administration, as a national real pay channel business platform, whether they will be disqualified, if so, the market will likely appear two strong hegemony.