The FTAs remain largely protected from competition for sports rights from
subscription television under the anti-siphoning regulations.
For example, Network Ten Pty Ltd suggested an exception allowing free-to-air broadcasts to be recorded only 'for the purpose of private and domestic use of the maker of the copy in order to allow a program to be viewed after the scheduled broadcast time by the person who copied the broadcast.' (137) The Australian
Subscription Television Radio Association also supported reform to allow some time-shifting while suggesting the copyright owner should still retain the right to use TPMs to prevent such reuse.
The words of warning from those who thought they knew what they were talking about were aimed at the Sky Sports
subscription television channel.
BSPs' primary business strategy is to build a fiber-optic network to provide consumers with a bundle of services, including
subscription television, high-speed Internet access, and local telephone.
Electronic Media Network Limited was founded in 1985 as South Africa's first private
subscription television service.
The Danish wireless services and products provider RTX Telecom A/S said on Tuesday (30 September) that it had signed an agreement with the Australian
subscription television provider FOXTEL for the development, production and supply of wireless telephone line extenders (TLEs).
In the broadcasting sector (
subscription television), interconnection will permit viewers to subscribe to different broadcasters without needing several television sets or decoders.The Directive gives priority to commercial negotiations, with regulatory intervention restricted to mechanisms required to ensure fair competition.
"Income from digital and
subscription television should approach pounds 10 million, and SIS should pay three times their current sum of pounds 12 million a year."
DISH Network Corp provides a direct broadcast satellite
subscription television, audio programming and interactive television services to commercial and residential subscribers in the US.
To put that out of the reach of people who can't afford
subscription television would have been a crying shame, which is why I am so pleased with the deal."