The introduction of Open Cable regulation in the Belgian market has moved a stage closer.
The Conseil Superieur De l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has opened a pre-consultation period on the resale of analogue television services, access to digital TV platforms, and the resale of broadband access.
Tecteo, Brutélé and Telenet, the three principal cable operators in French-speaking Belgium, have now submitted their offers to the regulator following the market analysis issued by the Conference of Regulators (CRC) last July.
The CRC encompasses the Vlaamse Regulator voor de Media, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel, the Medienrat en the Belgian Institute for Postal Services and Telecommunications).
A number of operators have informed the CSA that they already had a concrete idea of their expectations compared to reference offers in order to develop a commercial offering.
In a statement the CSA said it wanted to make use of the market knowledge of the three operators and that the pre-consultation, which runs until March 1, was not intended to take the place of the formal consultation to follow.
