China's National Radio and Television Administration and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Release Plan to Simplify TV Operations
TapTechNews on July 4, the National Radio and Television Administration and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly released the Work Plan for the Second and Third Stages of Managing the Complexity of TV Operations.
The two departments jointly put forward the work goals, work mechanisms, task measures and implementation plans for managing the complexity of TV operations this year, clearly defining the timetable and roadmap for key tasks such as simplifying and reducing remote controls, researching and promoting plug-in mini set-top boxes, promoting the built-in of set-top boxes, and establishing and improving a long-term supervision mechanism, guiding all parties in the industrial chain to work together and systematically solve the problem of 'any cables, many remote controls and not beautiful' caused by the separation of TV and set-top boxes, to ensure the comprehensive realization of the management goal of complex TV operations as scheduled.
TapTechNews queried the official websites of the National Radio and Television Administration and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, but the specific plan document content has not been found for the time being.
In May this year, the National Radio and Television Administration released the <2023 National Radio and Television Industry Statistical Communique>. The management of TV 'package' charging and complex operation problems has fully achieved the management goal of the first stage of 'tarting up to watch live broadcasts, reducing the charging package by 50%, and improving consumption transparency', and the large-screen users have returned. There are 202 million actual users of national cable TV, among which there are 100 million actual two-way digital users of cable TV; there are 152 million live satellite users. There are about 400 million Interactive Network TV (IPTV) users, and the average monthly active users of Internet TV (OTT) exceed 300 million. There are more than 23 million Radio and Television 5G users.