The division of work of the Ministry of Guidance and Broadcasting for the regulation of universal audio and video

Fars News Agency – Media Group: It was last week that the Speaker of the Islamic Council notified the President of the new year’s budget law for implementation.

After sending this year’s budget law to the government, a number of MPs claimed that the clause related to the supervision of radio and television on interactive content display platforms (VODs) has been removed from this year’s budget, so radio and television are no longer a tool for regulating this area in He has no authority!

The claims of two members of the parliament are raised while Sada and Sima is responsible for regulating video-on-demand (VOD) platforms based on numerous legal citations. Among the following three issues in establishing this role, it is more important:

A- Theory of inquiry dated 7/10/1397 by the Guardian Council based on principles 44 and 175 of the Constitution and holding the radio and television responsible in this area by the Council, which was issued at that time.

b) The official notification of the Supreme Leader (Madazla Al-Ali) dated 6/22/1394 addressed to the then President and announcing that “the responsibility for issuing licenses and setting the rules for ubiquitous audio and video in cyberspace and monitoring it is solely the responsibility of the Sada Organization And it is Sima.”

c) Circular No. 100/178439/9000 dated 28/10/1398 by the head of the Judiciary citing the above two cases and stressing the need to obtain any inquiries about pervasive audio and video in cyberspace in terms of activity license, regulations and related issues from Radio, addressed to all the judicial organs of the country, which was announced at the same time.

* Division of work between the national media and the Ministry of Culture

In addition to the above references, the secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution also stated in a media interview on the sidelines of the closing ceremony of the first comprehensive audio and visual media exhibition “Rasta”: Today, a detailed meeting was held in the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution with the presence of the head of broadcasting and the minister of culture. Based on the agreement reached in this meeting between Satra and the Ministry of Culture and Guidance, the current jurisdiction of Satra has been preserved and consolidated, and some cases have been entrusted to the Ministry of Guidance, which will be announced in the near future.

Therefore, it seems that the division of work done between the national media and the Ministry of Culture and Guidance, which has been discussed in informal circles for some time, has been approved by the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, and it should be announced in the near future by the head of the Supreme Council. Be a cultural revolution.

According to the Fars reporter’s information from informed sources, the general policies on how to monitor the audio and video field will soon be reviewed and approved by the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.

Regardless of the above, all of which strengthen the supervisory position of the national media and satra in the field of universal audio and video, and the budget law does not harm it due to its one-year validity, it should also be noted that even in this one-year program of the country The role of radio and television has not been weakened.

An overview of row 283500 (the program to support the production of cultural and artistic content in cyberspace), which is numbered in the three rows below, shows that, in addition to the budget of radio and television for monitoring and producing content on interactive platforms in cyberspace, it has not been weakened. , but will experience a ten percent increase in the new year!

A) Issuance of relevant licenses in the field of broadcast audio and video in virtual space (472,371 million Rials)

b) Supply and production of audio programs to be offered in virtual space and interactive networks (590,463 million Rials)

c) Provision and production of audio programs for distribution on the platform of virtual space and interactive networks (2,775,178 million Rials) – “a ten percent increase compared to the previous year”

* 40% share of 3 platforms from the home display market

Two members of parliament are talking about monopolization of the national media while studies show that the three gatekeeper platforms in the field of drama production (Filimo, Namava and Filmnet) have a 40% share of the total financial transactions in this field and they are trying to Do not allow another actor to enter your power block.

Satra’s vice president of market regulation and business development said in a media interview some time ago: “These platforms earn 6 thousand billion tomans annually from advertising, 130 billion tomans monthly from subscriptions, and about 1.7 billion tomans daily from internet traffic. If it has income, it is natural that it does not easily come under the supervision of a part of the government.”

The national media, especially during the past months, has tried to establish equal and balanced conditions for the competition between all inclusive audio and video platforms, so that these billions of revenues are not a criterion for the superiority of one platform over another business.

* Council of inclusive audio and video media for platforms

The launch of the UAV Media Council without charging billion-dollar membership fees like a set run by three gatekeepers is Satra’s latest attempt to make the UAV ecosystem competitive.

According to the statements of Saeed Moqiseh, the president of Satra, membership in this organization will be free and any platform that receives an activity license from Satra will automatically become a member of the Universal Audio and Video Media Forum, then the members of this large forum, which now has more than four hundred members. They will choose twenty-seven people to represent themselves as members of the Universal Audio and Video Media Council.

The head of Satra says that the representatives of this council will have the opportunity to participate in various regulatory committees of Satra, including the licensing committee, while the right to vote is also considered for their active participation in the regulatory affairs, so it seems that contrary to the opinion of the two representatives of the media Rather than looking for monopoly, Melli is trying to create a healthy competition in this ecosystem.

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