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September 14, 2011

Referral of Objection to Ruling on Retransmission Agreement Claim from One Cable Television Broadcasting Business in Kochi Prefecture

  On September 14, 2011, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) referred to the Radio Regulatory Council (Chairman: Hiroshi Harashima, emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo) an objection raised by a cable television broadcasting business in Koichi prefecture (Yosakoi Cable Net, Inc. (CEO: Tadashi Nishiuchi)).


1. Objector

  Yosakoi Cable Net, Inc. (CEO: Tadashi Nishiuchi)

2. Date of objection

  July 21, 2011 (correction of written objection received on August 4, 2011)

3. Date of referral

  September 14, 2011

4. Disposal subject to objection

 A ruling made with by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications with a general information region no. 82 dated June 21, 2011 to Koichi prefecture-based cable television broadcasting business Yosakoi Cable Net, Inc. (CEO: Tadashi Nishiuchi) in response to its application for a ruling based on regulations in Article 13, Clause 3 of the former Cable Television Broadcast Act.
(*The objector is objecting against a ruling for which it is the party concerned.)





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