융합과 경쟁 환경에서의 방송통신 규제정책

Abstract

Government had better obey the 3 principles for regulatory reform in communications sector; improving user's rights, enhancing market competition, and increasing universal service and protecting cultural diversity. Horizontal regulatory framework with content and transmission sector should be introduced and Communications Basic Law, Communications Business Law, Spectrum and Communications Technology Law should be enacted. Regulation focus should shift from ex ante to ex post regulation. New service should be entitled for provisional regulation at the initial stage. Entry barrier in terrestrial broadcasting, general programming channel, and news channel should be relaxed toward newspaper and large scale business. Cable system operator's regulation in number of franchise and sales volume should be relaxed. Broadcaster's licence period should extend from 3 years to 5-10 years. Communications business's burden for revenue for public fund should be lessened and abolishment of public fund, auction in spectrum, business operator's resale of spectrum should be introduced. Content regulation in sensation should be relaxed and Korea Communications Standards Commission should stand passive position in political neutrality issues. Personal information protection should be strengthened.