Legal Analysis on IPTV and its Convergent Issues
| Autor: | Yu-Jung Chiu, 邱毓容 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 97 The trend of “Digital Convergence” has gradually permeated through people’s life, it affects and changes people’s lift style and custom in the few years from we discussed the concept of “Digital Convergence” to it is happened. Owing to the huge strike brings by the trend of “Digital Convergence”, the telecom corporations begin to find the next one niche service, therefore the new service of “ IPTV” was born and then it is quickly developed and spread to the worldwide. “IPTV” across the line of telecommunication and media service, it doesn’t have a single definition, but the term is used for a group of related technologies what involve delivery of movies and TV programs over data networks like the internet or over a separate dedicated network. The thesis is discussion for the service transmission by the dedicated network and provided by telecom service operators. Since “IPTV” is a new service and has no specific definition, it is not apply to the existing regulation to telecommunication and media service, but actually the nature of “IPTV” to subscriber is totally similar to Cable TV, some people called it is a “Like Media Service”, therefore, so many issues rises from the regulation of IPTV. In Taiwan, the regulation body of National Communication Commission (NCC) begins to do a lot of research to the issue of how to regulate IPTV, such as the MOD service provided by Chunghwa Telecom Company. The same dispute also exists between Cable TV and IPTV’s operators in United States, Japan, Singapore, Korea and the other countries. The regulation body of those countries are also doing the same research to find out how to regulate “IPTV” in recently years, refer to other countries experience, we may find which issues are the essential points when we want to build up a sound regulation structure to“IPTV”. The research of this thesis is focus on discussion of what kinds of problem will be faced when a telecom service operator wishes entering into the market of IPTV, compared to the traditional media service - Cable TV, Free on Air TV, Direct to Home TV, any different between IPTV and those media service. If we can ask the new player (i.e. IPTV operator) to comply with the existing regulation to media and telecommunication service operator such as on the subject of “License”, “Must-Carry”, “Content Regulation” and the other topics and there are several basic rules we should take into account, when we consider building up a sound regulation structure for IPTV, like the rules of “Neutral for Different Technologies”, “Deregulation to the Content”, “Subscribers Interest Protection” and “Public Interest”. As above stated, the thesis discussed several issues regarding for IPTV regulation, via the cases study and legislation research to the foreign countries, the thesis try to analyze if the existing law with regard to the media and telecom in Taiwan suit for the new service of IPTV? Comparing to other countries’ experience, what we can do more for IPTV? In the end of the thesis, the research of this thesis tries to have a conclusion and contribute a few suggestions to the regulation body and the legislators of Taiwan. |
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