BARCELONA, SPAIN (04 / MAR / 2015) .- The Federal Telecommunications Institute ( IFT ) agreed to give Cadena Tres and Grupo Radio Centro respective certificates of participation in the . bidding for frequencies 246 to form two digital broadcast television channels with national coverage
The full member of the regulatory body, Borjón Fernando said: “Last Thursday voted issuing certificates for companies are notified, ie successfully met all requirements “to be considered formally participants and continue the process.
According to the timetable of the bidding process between 5 and 9 March, the Institute must complete the notification of the respective certificates of participation to stakeholders who have met all the requirements of the bidding.
The next stage will be the opening of the envelopes containing offers and Economic Coverage of the participants, which will be held next March 11, while issuing the award shall be no later than the 19th of the same month.
On November 20, the Institute announced that Cadena Tres, Grupo Radio Centro and Centro Tepeyac National Information Studies were three bidders that submitted proposals coverage and cost for bidding frequency television.
However, the company Centro Tepeyac National Information Studies presented to IFT continuing withdrawal in the bidding process, so to suit their interests.
“There is virtually no risk of this desert, unless something unusual happens stated, these stakeholders have already submitted guarantees, if at this point did not have a valid position lose 415 million pesos. I think that if they have followed the whole process are valid positions, so I do not see that happening, “stressed the Mexican official under the Mobile World Congress (MWC).
The minimum benchmark for each of the chains of digital broadcast television is 830 million pesos, while those interested in the bidding process submitted a bid security for 415 million dollars for each proposal.
In the resolution by which the Institute set these values, estimated that new players in the market of broadcast television will take about five years to get gradually to 8.5 percent of total industry revenue.
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stressed that the estimates are conservative and believe that or operators begin operations with no or limited participation, together with that face high costs of production or acquisition of content, and venturing into a market barriers input and high levels of concentration.
And, the structure and entry barriers that characterize the market for commercial broadcast television limit alternative audiovisual content and sources of information for the public and allow restrict the supply of advertising services.
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