Stream TV is under bureaucratic threat
On July 13, the press center of the Office of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications (Rossvyaznadzor) received a message that during the inspection, a violation was discovered in the activities of MTU-Intel . The essence of the violation is the broadcasting of television programs under the Stream-TV brand without the necessary license. Specified, in particular, that the company has not received a license to provide "communication services for cable broadcasting."
"MTU-Intel" issued an order to immediately eliminate the violation of the legislation on communications, and the protocol on the case was sent to the court, which will consider the incident as an administrative offense.
Referring to the Law on Telecommunications, Rossvyaznadzor points to clause 1 of Article 29, according to which, the activity of paid telecommunications services is carried out only on the basis of a corresponding license. According to the state agency, the lists of services and licensing conditions contain a description of the service that corresponds to the essence of Stream-TV, namely, a description of “communication services for cable broadcasting purposes”.
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At the same time, Rossvyaznadzor draws attention to the fact that the need for licensing is not related to specific technologies. No matter what is used - coaxial cable or fiber-optic, two-wire line or four-wire - a license must be. If “compensated” services turn out to be in her absence, then this is illegal business.
Apparently, MTU-Intel was not ready for such a turn of events. Yevgeny Ryabovol, a spokesman for the company, told Habrahabru that to determine the strategy of behavior, it takes some time, which will take to figure out all the intricacies of the issue. “We received an inspection certificate from Rossvyaznadzor and a prescription only last night,” says Yevgeny. - Now the company management and lawyers are studying the situation. We need to study it very carefully before deciding on further actions, because this case is a precedent, the outcome of which may affect the existence of promising emerging industries - IPTV, mobile TV. ”
He added that in the year that has passed since the beginning of Stream TV's work, no complaints have been filed by the Rossvyaznadzor company.
"MTU-Intel" issued an order to immediately eliminate the violation of the legislation on communications, and the protocol on the case was sent to the court, which will consider the incident as an administrative offense.
Referring to the Law on Telecommunications, Rossvyaznadzor points to clause 1 of Article 29, according to which, the activity of paid telecommunications services is carried out only on the basis of a corresponding license. According to the state agency, the lists of services and licensing conditions contain a description of the service that corresponds to the essence of Stream-TV, namely, a description of “communication services for cable broadcasting purposes”.
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At the same time, Rossvyaznadzor draws attention to the fact that the need for licensing is not related to specific technologies. No matter what is used - coaxial cable or fiber-optic, two-wire line or four-wire - a license must be. If “compensated” services turn out to be in her absence, then this is illegal business.
Apparently, MTU-Intel was not ready for such a turn of events. Yevgeny Ryabovol, a spokesman for the company, told Habrahabru that to determine the strategy of behavior, it takes some time, which will take to figure out all the intricacies of the issue. “We received an inspection certificate from Rossvyaznadzor and a prescription only last night,” says Yevgeny. - Now the company management and lawyers are studying the situation. We need to study it very carefully before deciding on further actions, because this case is a precedent, the outcome of which may affect the existence of promising emerging industries - IPTV, mobile TV. ”
He added that in the year that has passed since the beginning of Stream TV's work, no complaints have been filed by the Rossvyaznadzor company.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4171/
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