數位匯流趨勢下通訊傳播法制與跨業經營規範之研究－以網路電視（IPTV）為媒介

A Study on the Legal Framework of Communications and Cross-Ownership Regulation in the Era of Digital Convergence: Implementing with Internet TV (IPTV)

溫俐婷

《台灣經濟論衡》 9卷2期 (2011/02) Pp. 52-88

摘要

二十世紀末以來，數位匯流使得通訊與傳播產業固有之界線日趨模糊，連帶衝擊各國通訊傳播法制架構及跨業競爭管制思維。為此，各國無不重新檢討既有之法制結構，而我國自中華電信MOD營運案後，亦持續推動通訊傳播法制之革新。為了解數位匯流對我國通訊傳播法制架構之影響及其對策，本研究以通訊傳播之「跨業競爭管制」及「匯流法制建構」為主題，採比較法研究方式，透過對網路電視之觀察，先介紹我國之網路電視規範，再以美國、歐盟及新加坡之網路電視立法為對照，比較各國在匯流下規範新興服務及法制調整之模式，繼而予以類型化並分析各模式之優缺點，以探求最適合我國者。最終以上述成果為基礎，於文末對我國未來通訊傳播匯流新法制及跨業競爭思維之建構，分就短期、中期及長期等三大階段提出具體建議，包括各階段之主要目標及其具體實施措施，希冀能對我國未來匯流新法制之建構有所助益，進而健全我國通訊傳播法制環境，以提升產業之國際競爭力。

關鍵字

數位匯流 ； 網路協定 ； 網路電視 ； 水平管制架構 ； 通訊傳播匯流法制

並列摘要

Since the late twentieth century, the digital convergence has blurred the inherent boundaries between the communications and media industry along with the crash to existing legal framework of Communication and cross-ownership regulation in many countries. Therefore, many countries started to review the existing legal framework, Taiwan also began to promote the continuous re-structure of the legal framework of communications after the MOD dispute of Chunghwa Telecom. This article aims to comprehend the disputes caused by digital convergence and resolution for it; hence it chooses ＂cross-ownership regulation＂ and ＂re-structinize the legal framework of Communications＂ as subjects, with using comparative method and taking IPTV as a media for observation, and will do following research: First, it will introduce the legislation for the IPTV in Taiwan, and then compare it to those in United States, European Union and Singapore. Second, it will compare different models of regulation for new services and adjustments to communication Act between these countries under the trend of digital convergence, and then analyze advantages and disadvantages of each model to explore the optimal one for Taiwan. Ultimately based on the results above, this article will conclude with concrete suggestion for the convergent legal framework of future communications in Taiwan, including the target of three stages (close, intermediate and distant targets) and its direction for implementation, which this article hopes to be beneficial for the construction of convergent legal framework of communications in Taiwan.

並列關鍵字

digital convergence ； network protocols ； IPTV ； horizontal level of legal framework ； convergent legal framework of communications