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BROADCASTING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION - Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services - ITU
BROADCASTING
STRATEGIES AND
IMPLEMENTATION
: Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services

                                                       MR. PASU SRIHIRUN
              Executive Director of Broadcasting Policy and Research Bureau
             The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
                                                          (NBTC) THAILAND
BROADCASTING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION - Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services - ITU
BACKGROUND

BROADCAST
LICENSING
LICENSING FOR
DATA SERVICES
(OTT)
BROADCASTING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION - Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services - ITU
LEGAL FRAMEWORK

                                  Constitution
          Act on Organization to Assign Radio Frequency and to Regulate the Broadcasting
             and Telecommunications Services B.E. 2553 (2010), 2560 (2017),2562 (2019)

                 Frequency Management Master Plan

     Broadcasting Master Plan                      Telecommunications Master Plan

                Developing and promoting free and fair competition

  Licensing to use spectrum and broadcasting and television business operation

                  Public use of frequency for community services

           Policies, Rules, Notifications, Measures, and
                       Licensing Conditions

                                       Operators
BROADCASTING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION - Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services - ITU
The First Broadcasting Master Plan
                     (2012-2016)
   Fundamental                                                   Vision
    Principles
// Guideline for development and      -- National resources must be allocated on a transparency,
promotion of free and fair                               fair and efficient basis.
competition among operators.          -- Free and fair competition for public interests, consumer
// Guideline for licensing of radio     protections, people’s rights and liberty to communicate
frequencies and permission to         and access diverse and quality information on a fair basis.
operate broadcasting services.
// Measures to allow community to
use radio frequencies for
community service operations.

                                                               Mission
                                        1. Allocate communication resources in transparent and fair manner.
                                        2. Regulate broadcasting services efficiently on the basis of free and
                                                           fair competition for public interests.

    2012-2016                            3. Provide consumer protection to ensure quality and fair services.
                                          4. Promote public’s right and liberty to communicate and access
                                                     diverse and quality information on equal basis.
BROADCASTING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION - Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services - ITU
The First Broadcasting Master Plan
                  (2012-2016)

                    6 Main GOALS
1. Public benefit from the licensing of radio frequencies and permission to conduct audio and
                                television broadcasting services.
2. Consumers are able to access to services and are protected from unfair treatment by audio
                             and television broadcasting operators.
   3. People have rights to access information on an equal basis and are able to use radio
         frequency for audio and television broadcasting operation for public purpose.
4. Audio and television broadcasting operators compete under free and fair regulations. The
    broadcasting content and programs must be of good quality, diversity, and suitability for
                                     specific target groups.
5. The licensees, content creators, and professionals must adopt the Codes of Conducts and
                                     professional practices.
6. The audio and television broadcasting services are developed towards modern technology
                                 and efficient use of resources.
BROADCASTING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION - Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services - ITU
The First Broadcasting Master Plan
               (2012-2016)

          7 Main Strategies
      1. Strategy for licensing of radio frequencies and audio
          broadcasting and television broadcasting services.
      2. Strategy for the regulating of audio broadcasting and
                   television broadcasting services.
 3. Strategy for protection of audio broadcasting and television
                        broadcasting consumers.
 4. Strategy for promotion of rights and liberty to communicate.
   5. Strategy for development of broadcasting service quality.
 6. Strategy for transition to digital broadcasting transmission.
7. Strategy for development of a management system to become
                  an efficient regulating organization.
BROADCASTING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION - Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services - ITU
THAILAND’S BROADCASTING LICENSING SCHEME

               Broadcasting Licensing

   “Network”      “Facility”          “Service”        “Application”

                                                 ‘Non-
                          ‘Frequency’
                                              Frequency’
                           e.g. Digital
                            TV/Radio          e.g. Cable/
                                               Satellite

           Public        Commercial         Community
           Service         Service           Service
BROADCASTING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION - Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services - ITU
The Implementations under
    The First Broadcasting Master Plan
   Strategy 1 -- Licensing of     Example    Issuance of licenses
   radio frequencies and audio               for digital television
   broadcasting and television               services by auction
   broadcasting services

    DTT AUCTION                STARTING PRICE        AUCTION RESULT

Variety HD (7 Services)          10,990 MB            23,700 MB
Variety SD (7 Services)           2,660 MB            15,950 MB
News (7 Services)                 1540 MB              9,238 MB
Kids and Family (3 Services)       420 MB              1,974 MB
                      TOTAL      15,610 MB            50,862 MB
BROADCASTING STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION - Broadcasting Master Plan, Licensing, and OTT services - ITU
The Implementations under
The First Broadcasting Master Plan
Strategy 2 -- Regulating       Example
of audio broadcasting and                    - Regulation of TV
television broadcasting                      Programs and content.
services

 Regulation of TV content

           According to National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)’s
           Announcement Issue 97/2014 and Issue 103/2014, NBTC
           must restrain the media from broadcasting the content that
           may provoke anger, causes public confusion and social
           disintegration.

           NBTC’s regulation is based on Broadcasting Content
           Classification Rules.
TV Classifications

                            *Programs suitable for
                           children at the age of six
                              to twelve years old
 *Program suitable for                                   *Program suitable for
 children at the age of                                  audiences of all ages
 three to five years old

                             *Program suitable for
                            audiences at the age of
                                thirteen or older

*Program suitable only                              *Program suitable for audiences at
      for adults                                        the age of eighteen or older
The Implementations under
The First Broadcasting Master Plan
                                    Example         Setting up guidelines for
                                                    consumer protection and
                                                    the establishment of
Strategy 3 -- Protection of
                                                    consumer network.
audio broadcasting and
television broadcasting
consumers                           Example         Provision of closed caption
                                                    service, audio description
                                                    service and sign language
                                                    interpreters.

        CC service                  AD service             Sign language interpreters
 for individuals who are     for individuals who are         for individuals who are
deaf and hard of hearing   blind and visually impaired                 deaf
Strategy 3 -- Protection of          Example      Development of citizen
audio broadcasting and                            capabilities in media literacy
television broadcasting
consumers

                                  KEY ACTIVITIES

by organizing activities such as           by funding students, private sectors, and
workshops for students and teachers as     general public to develop content
well as create concrete guideline to       relating to media literary.
disseminate to schools and universities.
The Implementations under
The First Broadcasting Master Plan
Strategy 4 -- Promotion of      Example
rights and liberty to                      Must Carry Rule
communicate

                       Must Carry Rule

              FREE TV

                                  PUBLIC SERVICE TO
                                      SOCIETY
    The Must Carry Rule will be used to guarantee basic rights to
             watch free TV programs via any platform,
         such as terrestrial, cable ,and satellite receivers.
Strategy 4 -- Promotion of             Example        NBTC Notification on
 rights and liberty to                                 Television Service Order
 communicate                                           Arrangement

Number of
Channels      1-36       37-60                             61- xxx
             General
                          Other       General               Education
Category    Television
                         services      News
                                                    Kids
                                                            & Religion
                                                                         Sports   Variety
             Service

                   Subscription TV network services must broadcast
                   digital TV in the service order number 1-36

                               Public Channels             1-12
                           Family & kids Channels          13-15
                               News Channels               16-22
                                SD Channels                23-29
                                HD Channels                30-36
Strategy 4 -- Promotion of   Example
 rights and liberty to                  Must Have Rule
 communicate

       ‘Must Have’ rule indicates lists of program that
             must be broadcasted on ‘Free TV’.

South-East Asian Games                             PUBLIC
ASEAN Para Games
Asian Games
Asian Para Games
Olympics Games
Paralympics Games
FIFA World Cup Final
The Implementations under
The First Broadcasting Master Plan
Strategy 5 -- Development     Example   The development of
of broadcasting service                 technical skills on digital
quality                                 TV to enhance knowledge
                                        about DTT transmission

Strategy 6 -- Transition to   Example   Utilization of infrastructure
digital broadcasting                    and facility sharing ,as
transmission                            well as, distribution of
                                        coupons for supporting
                                        the transition to digital
                                        switch over

Strategy 7 -- Development     Example
                                        The development of human
of a management system to               resource capacity by
become an efficient                     internal training
regulating organization
BACKGROUND

BROADCAST
LICENSING
LICENSING FOR
DATA SERVICES
(OTT)
RADIO TRIAL LICENSING STATUS

  “Commercial      “Community       “Public
    Service”         Service”       Service”
  3,185 Licenses   199 Licenses   734 Licenses

...TOTAL 4,118 TRIAL LICENSES...
                                    (As of August,2019)
TV LICENSES
NOT USING FREQUENCIES

                                                USING FREQUENCIES
                       108 Cable TV
   SERVICE              114 IPTV TV
   LICENSE           354 Satellite TV
                    1 IPTV/SAT TV
                                                               Terrestrial
                         34 National
   NETWORK
                        53 Regional
    LICENSE
                           199 Local
                                                   19 Commercial Digital TV
                                                               4 Public TV
    FACILITY              7 Licenses
    LICENSE

          Over The Top

   Independent Provider
  e.g. iflix, Line TV, YouTube, Facebook
   Digital TV Provider
   Pay TV Provider                                      As of August 2019
   Telecom Provider                                         Source: NBTC
BACKGROUND

BROADCAST
LICENSING
LICENSING FOR
DATA SERVICES
(OTT)
OVER THE TOP?
Broadcast          Broadband
OVER THE TOP
                      1. AVOD : Advertising Based
 4 MAIN                  Video on Demand
 TYPES                     “It is free to consumers”
                           e.g. YouTube/ Facebook
2. SVOD : Subscription Video on Demand
  “SVOD allows users to consume as much content as they
  want at a flat rate per month. Users can also watch
  a chosen content from a catalog at anytime they want!”
3. SLIN : Subscription based Linear Video Streaming
  “SLIN addresses the proliferation of subscription based
  on a linear streaming. It is like watching TV channels
  where shows are aired according to a schedule. Most
  SLIN services also offer on-demand catalog!”
4. TVOD : Transaction Video on Demand
  “With TVOD, consumers purchase content on a pay per view
  basis (Digital rental) or by electronic sell through (EST) ”
OTT GROWTH &
        PROJECTIONS: THAILAND
            OTT Video Subscription

TOTAL

                        * Year-over-year growth
                                      Source: OVUM (2019)
WORLD

ASIA & OCEANIA

  THAILAND

                 Subscription Video on Demand   Subscription Linear
OTT REVENUES
                                                             THAILAND
                                                                                                                                Unit: USD
            180,000,000
                                In 2019, OTT revenues in Thailand
            160,000,000
                                reached 108 Million USD, which is
            140,000,000         increased by 22% from 2018.

            120,000,000
                                SVOD accounts for 80% of
                                market shares, followed
UNIT: USD

            100,000,000         by SLIN (17%) and TVOD
                                (3%).
             80,000,000

             60,000,000

             40,000,000

             20,000,000

                      -
                             2015         2016         2017         2018         2019          2020          2021          2022          2023
                   TVOD   1,997,440     2,203,421    2,487,015    2,739,589    3,007,981     3,334,773     3,574,346     3,823,930     4,085,539
                   SVOD   17,684,185   40,338,395   53,413,353   68,598,705   86,315,587   102,398,726   123,435,223   142,658,407   163,919,544
                   SLIN   7,397,517    11,760,073   15,107,394   17,148,639   18,242,440    19,542,543    20,916,947    22,159,067    23,007,075

                                                                                                                           Source: OVUM (2019)
OTT / MARKET SHARE of SVoD
                       by SERVICE PROVIDERS
       THAILAND: Netflix is a dominant player in OTT market.
                                                                                       Source: OVUM
100%

                                           13.37%            12.24%       10.88%          10.17%
        17.50%     16.72%      15.28%
90%                                                                                       1.92%
                                                             2.45%        2.12%
                                           2.75%
                                3.24%
80%                 4.46%
         7.00%
                                                                         27.40%          26.76%
70%                                       26.94%            27.71%
                              26.60%
                   26.03%
60%
        25.81%

50%                                                                       20.62%          21.43%
                               18.06%      19.18%            20.45%
                   16.30%
        13.65%
40%

30%     12.25%     15.32%      17.37%      19.67%            19.67%       22.66%          24.05%

20%
        16.10%     13.93%      12.50%      11.41%            10.84%
10%                                                                       9.97%           9.34%

         7.70%      7.24%       6.95%      6.69%             6.64%        6.35%           6.32%
 0%
         2016       2017        2018        2019              2020         2021            2022

         Doonee   Hollywood Movie HD    HOOQ        iFlix   Netflix   Others       Primetime
OTT SUBSCRIBERS (SVoD)
                                FOCUS ON NETFLIX
                                        THAILAND
       600,000                                                                               600,000

       500,000                                                                               500,000

       400,000                                                                               400,000

       300,000                                                                               300,000

       200,000                                                                               200,000

       100,000                                                                               100,000

              -                                                                              -
                     2016      2017      2018      2019      2020      2021      2022
Paying              155,655   192,991   244,074   293,822   344,290   406,262   438,763
Free                28,724    40,597    43,120    48,579    51,950    47,208    48,214
Total Subscribers   184,379   233,588   287,194   342,401   396,240   453,471   486,977

                                                                                          Source: OVUM
THAILAND
    - We are seeing the growth of “Over the Top”
    service , and yes!! OTT is going BIG in Thailand.

                             - “OTT” is expanding not only in TV, content, and
                             telecom industry, but also in other main
                             economic sectors such as finance, banking, hotel
                             ,transportation, and e-commerce .

-In the near future, “OTT” is NOT a SERVICE.
It is gradually evolving to what we called
“INFRASTUCTURE”
OVER THE TOP
                            AS INFRASTRUCTURE

                             BANKING

        TELECOM                                     CONTENT

                  FINANCE

                                                                   TV
                                       E-COMMERCE

HOTEL
                                                              TRANSPORTATION
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