Joint Research on Policy in Converging Telecom and Broadcast

数字融合对全球范围的广播和电信政策提出了挑战。特别是广播部门的数字创新促进了市场的快速融合，这使得电信和电视信号之间的界限变得模糊。数码汇流不单改变电讯及广播市场的规模和范围，亦对本港的经济社会产生重大影响。为了享受数字融合的潜在好处，公共政策应该是一项有利于竞争的政策，因为市场上的竞争压力将为市场参与者提供新的服务和提高服务质量带来机会。我们组织了一个国际研究小组，研究数字融合的现状， ...更多信息 研究日本、英国及德国的电讯及广播业，并从国际比较的角度研究主要的政策问题，重点关注这些国家所面对的规管挑战。从我们的国际比较研究中得出的主要结论是，需要一种新的监管模式，因为不能再仅仅从传统市场的角度来界定竞争。必须分析整个广播和电信行业的竞争政策。由于难以设想未来的数字融合部署，依靠竞争政策将是最佳解决方案。政府的当务之急是制定游戏规则，以促进公平竞争和创新。是竞争而不是监管模拟了效率和多样化。我们的研究发表在《日本、英国和德国电信和广播的融合》一书中，Curzon出版社，英国，2001年。少

Digital convergence poses a challenge to broadcasting and telecommunications policy on a global scale. Particularly digital innovation in the broadcasting sector enhances a rapid market convergence, which makes the boundary between the carriages of telecommunications and television signals blurry. Not only does digital convergence change the size and scope of telecommunications and broadcasting markets but it also has a great impact on our economic society. In order to enjoy the potential benefits of digital convergence, the public policy should be a pro-competitive one, since competitive pressures in the markets will bring opportunities for market players to provide new services and improve the quality of services, It is important to let competition work and let the players experiment with new ideas because it is competition that stimulates efficiency and ensures consumer sovereignty. We have organized an international research group to examine the current situation of digital converg … More ence of telecommunications and broadcasting in Japan, United Kingdom and Germany, and to study the major policy issues, focusing on regulatory challenges those nations face from the international comparative point of view. The major implication that were distilled from our international comparative study is that a new regulatory paradigm is needed because competition can no longer be defined in terms of traditional markets alone. Competition policy must be analyzed across broadcasting and telecommunications industries. Since it is difficult to envisage the future deployment of digital convergence, reliance on competition policy would be the best solution. The immediate task of the government is to set the rules of the game as a way of enhancing fair competition and innovation. It is competition rather than regulation that simulates efficiency and diversification. Our study is published a book entitled Convergence of Telecommunications and Broadcasting in Japan, United Kingdom and Germany, Curzon Press, UK, 2001. Less