Taiwan’s National Communications Commission is proposing legislation to bring about more competition in the cable-TV industry. NCC is asking the Legislative Yuan to revise the Cable Television Act to allow redefinition of the island’s 50+ service areas for cable TV, and elimination of the current monopoly enjoyed within service areas by individual cable providers. This would allow cable MSOs to compete against each other, subject to a national cap of one-third of the total number of subscriptions.
Pending enactment of legislative changes, the NCC is seeking to impose some changes through conditions attached to approval of licenses and transfers of ownership of cable groups. A recent article in the English-language Taipei Times outlined some of the issues. Members can find the article here.