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[Title] => Flat growth seen for cable TV business
[Summary] => Cable television subscription in the country will no longer grow and the industry will just have to focus on offering value-added services for additional revenues, Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) president Elpidio Paras.
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[Title] => Cable TV operators seek moratorium on new licenses
[Summary] => Cable television (CATV) operators have asked the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to impose a moratorium on the issuance of licenses to new CATV companies to avoid over competition in an industry reeling from the effects of rampant cable signal piracy.
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[Title] => Moratorium on CATV operators mulled
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and the local cable television (CATV) industry are working on a measure that will impose a five to seven-year moratorium on the grant of licenses to new CATV operators to stop the overcrowding of the sector that has dampened revenues in the past years.
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[Title] => Cable TV industry needs new laws to avert more losses
[Summary] => The local cable television industry is in danger of bleeding to death unless the government acts fast and laws are passed to protect the sector, the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) has warned.
PCTA vice-president for Luzon and external affairs chairman Philip Jean has warned of dire losses for the industry unless government intervenes "to enact new laws and install proper guidelines to regulate the industry."
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[Title] => Cable subscribers step up drive vs illegal connections
[Summary] => Disappointed by deteriorating cable signals, a number of legitimate subscribers have stepped up to support the campaign of cable companies against illegal CTAV connections.
Legal subscribers are now feeding information about incidents of cable TV signal and subscription theft, including the identity of individuals who offer to install illegal connections.
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[Title] => Cable TV operators score NTC circular
[Summary] => Cable television operators have branded as unconstitutional a proposed circular by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) that will prohibit CATV companies from entering into exclusive contracts with program or content providers.
In a position paper submitted during yesterday’s NTC public hearing, the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) also pointed out that in promulgating the draft rules, the commission is acting in excess of its jurisdiction since the rules expand the meaning and in effect amend the laws which it seeks to implement.
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[Title] => Sky, Home Cable to spend P200M for ‘tiering’ scheme
[Summary] => Beyond Cable, the holding company of SkyCable and Home Cable, may have to spend at least P200 million for a move to go into "tiering" of its offerings and offer different packages to its subscribers depending on their needs.
There is now a growing trend among local cable television (CATV) operators to invest in equipment that will allow them to encode signals so that subscribers can get only the cable channels that they want.
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[Title] => ‘Combat theft of cable TV signals’
[Summary] => Cable television is almost certainly headed for a decline if the government agencies tasked to monitor and prevent rampant piracy among cable operators fail to implement the rules and regulations on copyright violations prevalent in the industry.
The Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA), the umbrella organization of more than 300 CATV operators nationwide, aired this admonition to the concerned government agencies such as the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
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[Title] => CaTV group rejects foreign investment
[Summary] => The Federation of International Cable TV Association of the Philippines (FICAP), composed of 800 small-scale cable TV operators operating in rural areas, maintained that cable TV is a form of mass media and should be 100 percent Filipino-owned as mandated by the Constitution.
FICAP was reacting to "subtle reports" that another group of cable TV operators, the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA), still has the "lingering desire to allow the entry of their foreign partners in the industry."
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[Title] => PCTA addresses problems of cable TV sector
[Summary] => Along with the Internet, cable television has dramatically transformed the way Filipinos view the world. The arrival of cable TV has changed Filipino households for the better, enabling everyone to have increased access to information and entertainment through a variety of international channels.
But the industry is not without its problems. According to Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) director Jose Lobregat, the industry is going through a lot of disconcerting situations.
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PHILIPPINE CABLE TELEVISION ASSOCIATION
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[Summary] => Cable television (CATV) operators have asked the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to impose a moratorium on the issuance of licenses to new CATV companies to avoid over competition in an industry reeling from the effects of rampant cable signal piracy.
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[Title] => Moratorium on CATV operators mulled
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[Title] => Cable TV industry needs new laws to avert more losses
[Summary] => The local cable television industry is in danger of bleeding to death unless the government acts fast and laws are passed to protect the sector, the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) has warned.
PCTA vice-president for Luzon and external affairs chairman Philip Jean has warned of dire losses for the industry unless government intervenes "to enact new laws and install proper guidelines to regulate the industry."
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[Summary] => Disappointed by deteriorating cable signals, a number of legitimate subscribers have stepped up to support the campaign of cable companies against illegal CTAV connections.
Legal subscribers are now feeding information about incidents of cable TV signal and subscription theft, including the identity of individuals who offer to install illegal connections.
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[Title] => Cable TV operators score NTC circular
[Summary] => Cable television operators have branded as unconstitutional a proposed circular by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) that will prohibit CATV companies from entering into exclusive contracts with program or content providers.
In a position paper submitted during yesterday’s NTC public hearing, the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) also pointed out that in promulgating the draft rules, the commission is acting in excess of its jurisdiction since the rules expand the meaning and in effect amend the laws which it seeks to implement.
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[Title] => Sky, Home Cable to spend P200M for ‘tiering’ scheme
[Summary] => Beyond Cable, the holding company of SkyCable and Home Cable, may have to spend at least P200 million for a move to go into "tiering" of its offerings and offer different packages to its subscribers depending on their needs.
There is now a growing trend among local cable television (CATV) operators to invest in equipment that will allow them to encode signals so that subscribers can get only the cable channels that they want.
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The Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA), the umbrella organization of more than 300 CATV operators nationwide, aired this admonition to the concerned government agencies such as the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
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FICAP was reacting to "subtle reports" that another group of cable TV operators, the Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA), still has the "lingering desire to allow the entry of their foreign partners in the industry."
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But the industry is not without its problems. According to Philippine Cable Television Association (PCTA) director Jose Lobregat, the industry is going through a lot of disconcerting situations.
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