The Portuguese regulator ANACOM has approved the price charged by Meo for encoding, multiplexing, transporting and broadcasting FTA DTT channels on Multiplex A (MUX A).
In a statement, it said that “from the analysis of prices carried out by ANACOM, it was concluded that there are no indications that the prices charged by Meo for the provision of the DTT service do not comply with the principles of transparency, non-discrimination, cost-orientation of prices, taking into account the capacity effectively occupied by each television programme service, the price limit presented in the bid that won the public tender and the specific principles applicable to the case of regional programme services (aired in the respective Autonomous Regions), namely that of their price ” [be] proportionally reduced according to the size of the network in the geographical space to which it relates” and “cannot exceed the values practiced on the date of entry into force of this law”. Therefore, ANACOM will not require Meo to review prices until the next annual assessment, as there are no indications of non-compliance with the principles and requirements established (by law) for Men for the DTT service”.
The regulator ends by saying that its draft decision is now with all the interested parties and public consultation for 20 working days up until August 23.
