Monopoli ASTRO tamat 28/2/2017 - Persaingan menguntungan penguna?

Kerajaan UMNO-BN telah memberikan hak eksklusif kepada ASTRO mulai 1997 dan ini telah berakhir pada 28/2/2017... sehingga kini tidak ada berita baru yang saya nampak, di mana monopoly ASTRO dilanjutkan...

Apabila satu syarikat ada monopoly, dan tidak ada persaingan dari syarikat lain, harga perkhidmatan akan naik...jika pelanggan tak setuju, tidak ada pilihan lain...

 

Bila ada persaingan, semua syarikat mahu menarik pelanggan - justeru harga perkhidmatan pun akan turun, atau pakej-pakej yang lebih baik akan ditawarkan...Lihat perkhidmatan talipon bimbit ...ada DIGI, Celcom, dll...pelanggan ada pilihan...

Kini kita di Malaysia juga akan mempunyai pilihan untuk perkhidmatan satelite TV...harap ini akan mengurangkan perbelanjaan bulanan rakyat untuk ASTRO...dan akan wujud pilihan menjadi pelanggan syarikat lain pula..Harapan adalah kerajaan tidak akan melenggahkan proses meluluskan permohonan syarikat lain...

Harap-harap kerajaan UMNO-BN tidak pula lanjutkan 'monopoly' ASTRO lagi...

Astro’s satellite broadcast has exclusive rights till Feb 2017

December 1, 2015

This exclusive right was granted by the Government of Malaysia to MBNS in 1997. 

KUALA LUMPUR: The government has extended exclusive satellite broadcasting rights to MEASAT Broadcast Network Systems (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (MBNS) up to February 28, 2017, said the Communications and Multimedia Ministry.

It said in a written reply circulated in the Dewan Rakyat that the right was maintained for the Astro operator based on the ‘no worse off’ principle during the migration from the Broadcast Licence to the Content Applications Service Provider Individual Licence.

“This exclusive right was granted by the Government of Malaysia to MBNS in 1997 before the migration of MBNS from the Broadcast Licence under the Broadcasting Act 1988 to the new regime under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998.

“MBNS can continue with the pay-TV broadcasting service via satellite to the general public after 2017, but not exclusively,” the ministry said in reply to a question from Hasan Arifin (BN-Rompin) who wanted to know whether the government would continue with the exclusive rights for Astro that would expire next year.

In addition, the ministry said other companies could begin applying to purchase pay-TV broadcasting services via satellite after February 28, 2017.- FMT News, 1/12/2015