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构成了挑战。特别是广播部门的数字创新加强了快速的市场融合，这使得电信和电视信号之间的边界变得模糊。数字融合不仅改变了电信和广播市场的规模和范围，而且对我们的经济社会也产生了重大影响。为了享受数字融合的潜在好处，公共政策应该是有利于竞争的政策，因为市场上的竞争压力将为市场参与者带来提供新服务和提高服务质量的机会，重要的是让竞争发挥作用，让参与者试验新想法，因为正是竞争刺激了效率，确保了消费者主权。我们已经组织了一个国际研究小组来研究数字融合…的现状日本、联合王国和德国的电信和广播方面的更多信息，并研究主要的政策问题，重点是从国际比较的角度看这些国家面临的监管挑战。从我们的国际比较研究中提炼出的主要含义是，需要一个新的监管范式，因为竞争不再能仅从传统市场的角度来定义。必须对广播和电信行业的竞争政策进行分析。由于很难想象未来数字融合的部署，依赖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，作为促进公平竞争和创新的一种方式。模拟效率和多样化的是竞争，而不是监管。我们的研究出版了一本书，名为《日本、英国和德国的电信和广播的融合》，Curzon Press，英国，2001。较少

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