Govt Must Ensure Open Access To Digital TV Network
Thursday, 1 November 2001, 9:43 am
Press Release: Green Party
Green Party Broadcasting spokesperson Sue Kedgley said today
the Government needs to move swiftly to regulate for open
access to the digital television network.
"Now that TVNZ
has agreed to use the Sky digital platform to broadcast
public service television, the Government will need to act
quickly to keep access open," she said.
"Otherwise public
service television will be at the mercy of an international
broadcasting monopoly which will set the terms and
conditions for broadcasting public television."
Ms Kedgley
said if the Government failed to regulate for open access,
TVNZ would cease to be a national broadcaster and would be
relegated to a content provider.
"If the Government
doesn't intervene soon, we will end up with a digital
broadcasting monopoly in New Zealand, just as we currently
have a telecom monopoly over the local copper wire
network."
Ends
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