source: Macau business.com
The Commission Against Corruption published a probe report yesterday, in which it harshly criticises the Bureau of Telecommunication Regulation for its failure to solve the dispute between Macau Cable TV and the 16 local unlicensed public antenna companies.
These companies charge a low rental fee of about MOP25 per month, to retransmit mainly free-to-air programmes from around the region to households, using unlicensed cable networks.
These antenna services are very popular in Macau with the majority of the population receiving TV signals in this way, a practice that has been tacitly allowed by the government.
In the report, initiated after complaints made to the graft busters in May, it is stressed that the Bureau of Telecommunication Regulation had tolerated the illegal situation “for a long period of time”.
The report notes that the bureau “apparently” did not enforce the law.
The graft busters suggest a time period of six months to one year for the bureau to solve the dispute between Macau Cable TV and the unlicensed public antenna companies. It also suggests the drafting of legislation to regulate antenna services in Macau.
In reaction to the report, the Bureau of Telecommunication Regulation said it would “seriously look into the problems identified”, but stressed this is a “very complicated” issue.
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