Traducción de «Difusión de audio digital » (Español → Inglés) :

31. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to consolidate an objective framework for granting broadcasting licences in the areas of cable and satellite TV and analogue and digital broadcasting markets, on the basis of transparent and fair criteria, in order to establish a system of pluralist competition and prevent abuses by companies enjoying monopolies or dominant positions;

EU-funded research has been instrumental in developing and validating the DVB standards.

– having regard to its resolution of 6 September 2000 on audiovisual policy: media and digital technology,

The European Commission has cleared an agreement between two Swedish companies, Nordic Satellite AB (NSAB) and Modern Times Group AB (MTG) for the upgrading of MTG's analogue satellite broadcasting operations to digital broadcasting.

The deal between NSAB and Modern Times will, therefore, be good for Scandinavian consumers who will benefit from the upgrading of analogue to digital transmission and will be given a wider choice of television channels at more competitive prices.

The Council TAKES NOTE that during the same debate the European Parliament signified its agreement to the Commission's interpretation of this text" (iii) Statement re first indent of Article 4, point (c), of the Directive dealing with conditional access to digital television and reading as follows: "Member States shall take all the necessary measures to ensure that the operators of conditional access services, irrespective of the means of transmission, who produce and market access services to digital television services: - offer to all broadcasters, on a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory basis, technical services enabling the broa ...[+++]dcasters' digitally-transmitted services to be received by viewers authorized by means of decoders administered by the service operators, and comply with Community competition law, in particular if a dominant position appears; "". The Council and the Commission state that the first indent of Article 4, point (c): - applies to any provider of conditional access services operating on a cable, terrestrial or satellite broadcasting network in relation to broadcasters who have access to that network under the national procedures in force and wish to benefit from that conditional access service; - does not seek to impose an obligation to offer to any broadcaster access for television services to packages or tiers of television services configured and/or administered by the provider, or services involving transparent distribution to subscribers; - only requires Member States to ensure that broadcasters may have access to conditional access services and that the obligation in Article 4, point (c) does not extend to the underlying network.