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01/03/2012

Paid TV

This page: Pay TV services, Regulation, Authorization and Attendance.

Paid TV Services

The Pay TV services provide video and/or audio signals to subscribers. They are provided in 4 technology modalities/king of authorization:

Cable TV, the signals are provided through physical devices (coaxial cable and optical fiber).
MMDS (Multimedia Distribution System), the distribution of signals use radio frequencies in the microwave band (2500 to 2680 MHz).
DTH (Direct To Home), the distribution of signals to subscribers is provide through satellite.
Pay TV (TVA), the distribution of signals use only one radio frequency channel UHF.

Cable TV is stablished by the Law 8,977 (Law of Cable TV) stablishes different services from others Pay TV services. At least 51% of the social capital must be hold by national companies controlled by brazilian citizens.

On 11/25/10, Anatel approved a new Plan for cable TV service, ending the limitation of the number of competitors and with the necessity of carring out auctions to gett a license.

The price of the authorization will be similar to the administrative cost of its assigment, as what heppens with the authorizations for fixed telephony service and multimedia communication service. The process will be ruled by specific regulation of the cable TV service to be created by Anatel.

Anatel ended also the restrictions, that existed in the Fixed Telephony Concession Contract, so fixed companies would be allowed to provice cable TV service.

On 09/12/2011, the Brazilian government sanctioned the Law number 12,485 (originated in the PL 116) which unifies and changes the rules fot the pay TV market in Brazil. The law ends the restriction to foreigner capital what didn't allow companies like Telefonica, Embratel and GVT to offer cable TV service.

After the approval of PLC 116, Brasil will start 2012 with a new competitive scenario with integrated operators offering also cable TV services.

Share of Pay TV Providers by Technology - 2011

Attendance

Cities where there are signed contrasts

	2008	2009	2010	2011
Only MMDS	206	207	207	207
Only cable TV	150	149	149	149
MMDS and cable	111	109	109	109
Total	467	465	465	465
% Brazil	8.4%	8.4%	8.4%	8.4%

Source: Anatel

* Milhões

In 2Q07, Paid TV providers operated in 442 from 479 municípios where there were signed contracts. In other words, the Paid TV service (Cable TV or MMDS) was disposible in 7.9% of the cities and 55.5% of the population.

Source: Anatel	2008	2009	2010	2011
MMDS	82	81	81	81
Cable TV	266	262	262	261
TVA	25	25	25	25
DTH	14	13	13	14
Total	387	381	381	381

Source: Anatel	2008	2009	2010	2011
MMDS	77	78	78	78
Cable TV	238	240	242	241
TVA	25	25	25	25
DTH	10	9	10	13
Total	350	352	355	357