MEO starts by acknowledging1 that, as a result of the detail associated to the request for information made by ANACOM on 28 March 2014, it detected some inconsistencies in the CAS information for the DTT product.
Specifically, MEO refers that it found some investment items made in the scope of the provision of the DTT service which failed to be assigned to this product (for example, investments in transmitters and relays, which were engaged to the ATT - analogue terrestrial television - service, as well as marketing and customer service investments). MEO further refers that costs with the Head-End maintenance contract and with the DTH complementary coverage have not been included as part of DTT costs, a situation which must also be corrected. However, MEO informs that this correction, due to its complex nature, will only be made when costs for 2013 are drawn up.
MEO adds that, as there were relevant synergies arising from the simultaneous provision of the ATT and DTT services up to the ATT switch-off (which occurred on 26.04.2012), it believes that costs for 2013 will surely reflect in a more assertive way the costs allocated to the DTT service.
- 1. Investment costs https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=384916
- 2. Operating costs https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=384917
- 3. Comparison with MEO’s CAS data https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=384918
- 4. Identification of items with higher costs https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=384919
- 5. Comparison with the basic tender proposal https://www.anacom.pt/render.jsp?categoryId=384920
