Luis Sahún, general manager of Satellites Astra for Spain has sent a letter to the minister of Industry, Miguel Sebastián, in which it accuses Hispasat (whose reference shareholder is Abertis), of exercising a monopoly de facto, in the deployment of the terrestrial digital television. The sender reminds to the minister the article 38 of the Spanish Constitution that assures the free concourse.

Astra insists on the situation of monopoly of fact of Hispasat and he remembers that the proper Department has subsidized the pilot plan of analogical blackout realized in the province of Soria, naturally for Hispasat.

The satellites turn out to be much adapted to refill the areas of shade of the deployment of the TDT. The commitment of the Government is that the entire analogical blackout takes place in 2010, although some channels, like Four, prefer that there is supported the current situation of oligopoly of the analogical TV the biggest possible time, until they obtain a major market share.

The deprived cadana The Sixth one has less hearing still that Four, but it is in the espectativa of the future project of the TDT of payment.


Cantabria cancels to distribute for Astra the sign of TDT for satellite

The operator satelital prepares a demand for the unilateral rupture of the agreement in which legal actions are studied against the Government of Cantabria.

Cantabria summoned a contest at the beginning of year gained by SES Astra to which four companies appeared. When everything was to point to start the technical teams that were allowing to make come the sign of the satellite TDT only to Cantabria, the Regional Society Cantabria I+D+i sent a letter to Astra in which it was giving for the contract cancelled


(Several, 19/11/08)