Statistical items of the subscription television service


On 30 January 2008 ANACOM gave approval to the set of statistical items to be sent to this Authority by providers of the service of subscription television, and also to the report on the prior hearing of interested parties on the corresponding draft decision, approved on 24 October 2007.

The statistical items approved include the following indicators: number of customers of the cable television service, satellite (DTH) and other technologies, as well as the number of cabled households, by municipality; and revenue derived from the service by platform.

The providers of the subscription television services have a period of 60 days to implement these indicators, following which the information concerned has to be sent on a regular basis. Where the information is not immediately available, these operators must send estimates of the values concerned, indicating the bases used for their respective calculation and give a forecast of when they expect the definitive data to be sent.

The indicators concerned, which may be published by this Authority, should be sent by the respective providers no later than the thirtieth day of the month following the end of each quarter, by email to e-mail address. dee.stats@anacom.ptmailto:dee.stats@anacom.pt or in paper format to ANACOM's head office.

Accordingly, the information referring to the first quarter of 2008, due by 15 April 2008, may be reported, in accordance with the previous definition, while the information in respect of the second quarter of 2008, calculated according to the new definitions, is to be reported no later than 30 July 2008.


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