At present, the traditional radio and television industry is still suffering from the comprehensive impact of diversified new audio-visual formats, and radio and television network enterprises with cable television networks as the main business are widely squeezed by network audio-visual, and with the in-depth promotion of the integration of national cable television networks and the integrated development of radio and television 5G, the radio and television department is also actively adjusting and transforming, taking advantage of the new generation of information technology integration and policy support from radio and television authorities to seek a new development path.
As one of the "four levels" of radio and television business, interactive network TV (IPTV) has shown an extremely good momentum of development over the years, and its users have almost shown exponential growth, and by the end of November, the total number of IPTV users of the three operators has approached 400 million, with a total of 39.9 billion households.
Local radio and television stations have gone so far as to transfer their cable television services to telecommunications companies
DVBCN noticed a "letter" issued by a local radio and television to its service users, the origin and belonging of this radio and television publishing unit are relatively special, and the original content of its "letter" is related to the operation of cable TV in the region. As a very special example related to cable TV networks, the author will also follow this clue to try to expand the relevant topics, because it involves regional geopolitics and other complex and special circumstances, so the relevant doubts are also asked to be appropriately commented and answered by radio and television colleagues.
According to the "A Letter to the Cable TV Users of the 222nd Regiment" jointly issued by the 222nd Regiment Culture, Sports, Radio and Television Service Center and China Telecom *** Changji Prefecture Fukang Branch on December 13:
With the rapid development and comprehensive popularization of the Internet, TV programs are more convenient for the audience to spread through Internet technology, while the existing group cable TV has shortcomings in technology, service and other functions, which brings many inconveniences to users. In order to meet the needs of the development of the Internet, the group field cable TV has taken the fast track of Internet development, expanded the coverage of the 12th division TV station, met the higher needs of the majority of users, and also provided better services for the majority of users. ”
The letter also specifically mentioned that from December 14, 2023, the transfer of cable TV users in the group will be officially launched, and according to the cooperation agreement between radio and television and telecommunications, "under the premise that users do not choose telecom value-added services, after the transfer of cable TV paid user accounts is completed, the balance time service will be continued by China Telecom *** Changji Fukang Branch until the user balance is used up." During this period, China Telecom Co., Ltd. *** Changji Prefecture Fukang Branch does not charge additional fees. ”
In terms of follow-up charging standards: "According to the cooperation agreement between the two parties, the basic tariff of the whole group of cable TV users is 204 yuan per year (maintaining the original charging standard unchanged), after accessing the China Telecom Tianyi high-definition IPTV platform, a number of functions such as playback, on-demand, and time shift have been added, and the number of TV program channels has increased from the original 93 sets to 260 sets (including 12 division TV stations). If the user chooses the value-added service of the telecommunications company**, the specific matters shall be independently agreed upon by both parties. ”
In terms of the cost of relocation and transformation of cable TV users, it is pointed out that China Telecom Co., Ltd. * * Changji Prefecture Fukang Branch will undertake the relocation and transformation of the original cable TV users in the group, and users do not need to pay any transformation costs.
In addition, users do not have to pay any renovation fees when renovating the original cable TV subscribers, and the renovation will be completed by December 31, 2023. China Telecom Co., Ltd. Changji Fukang Branch will provide door-to-door services with certificates in the future.
The letter also mentioned that the transfer work adheres to the principle of equality and voluntariness, and according to the relevant requirements of China Telecom Company for user management, cable TV users need to sign relevant contracts with China Telecom during the transfer process.
Coincidentally, the cultural and radio units of the Corps in many places have made arrangements for rectification
Just when the author was still thinking about why the cultural, sports, radio and television service center, the operator of cable TV here, directly packaged all cable TV users to the local telecommunications company, I was surprised to find that in fact, there have been many similar cases of practice in the administrative area related to the place in recent years, and the caliber of the written expression is basically similar.
1) In November 2019, Wujiaqu Radio and Television Station issued a "Letter to Wujiaqu Cable TV Users", and the Shishi Municipal Party Committee decided to integrate the programs of Wujiaqu TV stations to China Telecom Tianyi high-definition IPTV platform as a whole, which also requires the transformation of the original cable TV users, and users do not need to pay any transformation costs.
2) On December 12, 2019, the Hongqi Farm Culture, Sports, Radio and Television Service Center issued a "Letter to Hongqi Farm Cable TV Users", receiving a notice from the Media Center of Wujiaqu City of the Sixth Division, and in accordance with the arrangement of the Farm Party Committee, the farm cable TV program will be connected to China Telecom Tianyi high-definition IPTV platform as a whole. It is clear that the original cable TV signal transmission will be stopped from March 1, 2020, and the original cable TV users will also need to be renovated, and users will not have to pay any transformation fees.
3) On December 19, 2019, the Wujiaqu Media Center of the Sixth Division issued the "Explanation of the Migration of Cable TV Users to Telecom IPTV", which further explained the cooperation between the cable TV business of the Shishi Media Center and China Telecom Changji Branch, and mentioned that the cooperation with the telecom company "is the only way for the construction and reform and development of the Shishi Rong Center, and it is also the inevitable choice to provide better services for the majority of users". China Telecom Changji Branch undertakes the relocation and transformation of the original cable TV users in Shishi, and the users do not need to pay any transformation costs.
4) On April 6, 2020, Wujiaqu TV Station, Fangcao Lake Telecom Company, and Fangcao Lake Culture, Sports, Radio and Television Service Center jointly issued a "Letter to Wujiaqu Cable TV Users of the Sixth Division", which still continued to explain the overall access of the programs of Wujiaqu TV stations to China Telecom's Tianyi high-definition IPTV platform. After the transformation is completed, the cable TV transmission signal will be stopped one by one, and the majority of users are required to go to the Fangcao Lake Telecom business hall to go through the migration procedures.
In fact, based on the above information, it can be found that whether it is the 222nd Regiment Culture, Sports, Radio and Television Service Center in Fukang, Changji Prefecture this year, or the Wujiaqu City Media Center of the Sixth Division, the areas involved are all cultural and radio units belonging to the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps.
According to these information statements, it can be known that the cable television network signal transmission and cable network user maintenance in these areas are all responsible for the local television station, cultural and radio service center, media center, etc., which have chosen to transfer their cable television business to the local China Telecom branch as a whole due to the development needs of the Internet and their own shortcomings in technology, services and other functions. However, the rights and interests of the original cable TV users will not be reduced, and the basic viewing fees of users will not increase, and more rights and interests such as telecommunications channels have been added, and the cost of transformation does not have to be borne by users.
The transfer of cable TV Yonghua to IPTV is the absence of China's radio and television
After combing through the above information, many people may have the same questions:
Why do the cultural and radio institutions in these regions choose the cable TV subscriber consolidation carried out by telecom IPTV?Isn't there any other cable network operator?In particular, do the cable companies of the broadcast network have no operations in these areas?Are there no cable TV signals in these areas at all?
However, after a brief understanding of DVBCN, it was found that the Culture, Sports, Radio and Television Service Center of the 222nd Regiment of the 12th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps involved was located in Beiting Town, Fukang City, Xinjiang, and Fukang City had the existence of a subordinate business hall of China Radio and Television Xinjiang Network Co., Ltd.
In addition, there are also radio and television network companies such as Wujiaqu Radio and Television Network Co., Ltd., which are subsidiaries of Bingtuan Radio and Television.
Due to the complexity of Xinjiang's overall geography and history, in fact, the local cultural radio and television system is also divided into two, such as the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Radio and Television Bureau (department level), which is directly under the Xinjiang Autonomous Region People's Government, and the Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism Bureau of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, so there are two TV stations that should be at the same level.
So far, there are two provincial-level radio and television network companies in Xinjiang, namely China Radio and Television Xinjiang Network Co., Ltd. and China Radio and Television Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Network
On May 26, 2021, the registered name of the original Xinjiang Radio and Television Network Co., Ltd. was changed to "China Radio and Television Xinjiang Network Co., Ltd. Xinjiang Radio and Television Investment Co., Ltd. is its original controlling shareholder, and the current controlling shareholder is China Radio and Television Co., Ltd."
On June 11, 2021, the original Xinjiang Media and Radio and Television Network officially changed its industrial and commercial registration enterprise name to "China Radio and Television Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Network*** The original controlling shareholder of Xinjiang Media Network is Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Media ***, and the current controlling shareholder is China Radio and Television Co., Ltd.
On May 18, 2022, China Radio and Television Xinjiang Network Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China Radio and Television Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Network, aiming to start all-round and in-depth cooperation in infrastructure co-construction and sharing, industrial coordinated development, planning and construction of major projects, government and enterprise affairs and family customer business development, and 5G integration construction.
At that time, it was also determined that under the leadership of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Autonomous Region and the Party Committee of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, we should build smart radio and television, implement the "circle strategy", and take the integration of national cable TV network integration and radio and television 5G construction as the starting point to build a fully advanced data center with advanced technology, open and flexible, safe and reliable, independent and controllable, and green and environmentally friendly, and comprehensively build a technical support system of "cloud network coordination", and create a new situation of integrated development of radio and television military and locality.
By the way, Xinjiang Internet Vision Information Technology Co., Ltd. is an IPTV secondary broadcast control operation enterprise in Xinjiang, and its major shareholder is the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Radio and Television Research Institute, which should be a direct unit of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Radio and Television Bureau.
On the whole, these cultural and radio departments under the Xinjiang Corps have transferred all their cable TV subscribers to China Telecom IPTV, which is also a typical problem of "small networks" where cable TV is not integrated, and it is not yet possible to fully understand whether there are other cable TV operators in these areas or the absence of cable TV companies in China's radio and television system. From some aspects, China does still have a long period of areas that cannot be covered by cable television, mainly some frontiers, mountainous areas, etc., which need to rely on terrestrial wireless television, direct broadcast satellites, etc. to achieve coordinated coverage, in order to ensure the basic public services of radio and television.