Taiwan’s NCC revisits retail price controls

The decision to hold a public hearing comes after several local governments decided to lower fees for cable television service

October 25, 2012 – The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday said it would hold a public hearing on Tuesday next week on setting more reasonable cable TV service fees.

The Executive Yuan has set the goal of raising the penetration rate of digital cable television service to 100 percent by 2014. This year, the commission has begun implementing a policy that allows cable television service providers to offer nationwide service or branch out into other service areas, on the condition that they offer only digital service.

NCC spokesperson Wei Shyue-wen (魏學文) said it was about time the commission began considering what constitutes a reasonable service fee in the digital service age.

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