September 11, 2012: Satellite and cable TV operators offering channel-grouping services will no longer be allowed to charge content providers whose channels they air, the National Broadcasting and Telecommunication Commission has decreed in its new draft of regulations for broadcasting licences.
Yesterday, the NBTC’s broadcasting committee approved three drafts of three classes of broadcasting licences – for infrastructure, network and service providers – and another set of draft rules to import, produce and distribute set-top boxes to pay-television operators. This was done after the public-hearing process was completed last week.