Dongguan cancels basic maintenance fee for digital TV this month

Price Bureau yesterday issued the city cable digital TV service charges from February 1 onwards, Dongguan cable TV cancellation per household monthly 5 yuan of basic maintenance fee, the basic set-top box maximum limit of 380 yuan/Taiwan.　　Yesterday, the price bureau issued a "on the further improvement of our city cable digital TV service charging policy notice" (hereinafter referred to as the "notice"), three sets of original paid television programmes, starting from February will be free to the public. Wen/reporter Zhang Xiaojia "Speed car, urban theater, health, these three sets of the original pay to watch TV, from February 1 onwards will be free for users to watch." Dongguan, the relevant head of the price bureau, said "notice" requires Dongguan cable digital TV network company in maintaining basic maintenance fee standard, on the basis of, in addition to providing users with "on our provincial cable digital TV Basic program maintenance fee standard notice" (Guangdong price (2006)85 number) of the program content, Also in the existing pay TV programs, choose 3 sets of programs free for users to watch, "the current unified set for the above three sets, if the future needs to be adjusted, will be unified by the city new Bureau conjunction Price Bureau determined."　　At the same time, according to the "notice", Dongguan will also cancel 5 yuan/month/household Basic program maintenance fee, free for users to watch.　　Basic Set-top box maximum price of 380 yuan/Taiwan. "Notice" stipulates that, from February 1 onwards, the city's basic set-top box (good color D168 type) The highest price unification to 380 yuan/Taiwan, the downward limit, does not contain IC card cost.　　and multi-function (good color D268 type) and high-definition (good color D668 type) set-top box price, then realize the government guided prices by the Dongguan price Bureau according to the purchase cost, tax, operating expenses, according to the principle of not profit, specific prices will be issued in the near future. In addition, the official told reporters that from this month, will clean up the cable TV charges. Cancel cable TV transfer fee, transfer fee, stop opening fee. During the whole conversion of cable digital TV, the IC card of the host set-top box and the auxiliary set-top box configured by the network company is provided by the network company free of charge. And for the user to purchase the first set-top box to apply for the IC card, network companies can be properly charged fee. If the user for the reason of damage, loss and apply for a replacement IC card, you can charge a fee. "Cost standard by the business card-making costs, encryption cost allocation and tax composition, the specific standard of no more than 60 yuan per card." ”