25 janeiro 2007

VITAMEDIAS

À atenção dos interessados na televisão digital terrestre
Commission endorses subsidies for digital decoders in Italy, but only where technology-neutral: The European Commission has decided that subsidies for digital decoders granted by Italy in 2006 do not violate EC Treaty state aid rules (Article 87(1)) as they are offered for all decoders, regardless of the transmission platforms, are therefore technology-neutral and proportionate to the objective of promoting the transition to digital TV and to interoperability. However, the Commission has also decided that subsidies provided in 2004 and 2005 are incompatible under the state aid rules as they were not technology-neutral and created an undue distortion of competition by excluding satellite technology