ACCC issues discussion paper on analogue pay TV service declaration.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-20 November 2006-ACCC: ACCC issues discussion paper on analogue pay TV service declaration (C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:20112006 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued a discussion paper on the declaration for the analogue pay television service.

The paper marks the start of a public inquiry into whether the declaration should be continued, varied or revoked. The ACCC deemed the analogue pay TV service a declared service on 1 September 1999. "The ACCC is obliged to review the declaration before it expires in July 2007", ACCC Chairman, Mr Graeme Samuel, said today. "However, given that the undertakings provided by Foxtel and Telstra under the declaration are due to expire in March 2007, the ACCC...