MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE ACT 2002 (ACT 34 OF 2002) MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (REGULATED PERSONS) NOTIFICATION 2003 ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS Paragraph 1. Citation & commencement 2. Regulated persons The Schedule In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16(3) of the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002, Mr David Lim Tik En, Senior Minister of State, charged with the responsibility of the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, hereby makes the following Notification: Citation and commencement 1. This Notification may be cited as the Media Development Authority of Singapore (Regulated Persons) Notification 2003 and shall come into operation on 15 April 2003. Regulated persons 2. The persons specified in the first column of the Schedule are specified to be regulated persons for the purposes of the provisions set out in the second column thereof. 2 THE SCHEDULE REGULATED PERSONS First column Second column (1) MediaCorp Press Ltd, being Section 16(3)(a)(i) of the the proprietor of the following Act general circulation newspapers: (a) TODAY; (b) Weekend TODAY. (2) Singapore Press Holdings Section 16(3)(a)(i) of the Limited, being the proprietor of Act the following general circulation newspapers: (a) Berita Harian (b) Lianhe Wanbao (c) Nanyang Xingzhou Lianhe Zaobao (d) Shin Min Daily News (e) Streats (f) Tamil Murasu (g) The Business Times (h) The New Paper (i) The New Paper Sunday Edition (j) The Straits Times (k) The Sunday Times (3) Any person who holds a Section 16(3)(a)(ii) of the broadcasting licence granted Act under the Broadcasting Act (Cap. 297), whether before, on or after 1st January 2003, to provide any of the following licensable broadcasting services: (a) free-to-air nationwide television services (b) free-to-air localised 3 First column Second column television services (c) subscription nationwide television services (d) subscription localised television services (e) special interest television services (f) free-to-air nationwide radio services (g) free-to-air localised radio services (h) subscription nationwide radio services (i) subscription localised radio services (j) special interest radio services (k) video-on-demand services (4) MediaCorp Press Ltd Section 16(3)(b) of the Act (5) Singapore Press Holdings Section 16(3)(b) of the Limited Act. Made this 29th day of March 2003. TAN CHIN NAM Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts, Singapore. [MITA B01.020.051 V12; AG/LEG/SL/172/2002/1 Vol. 1] 4 MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE ACT 2002 (ACT 34 OF 2002) MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (REGULATED PERSONS) (DOMINANT AND NON- DOMINANT POSITIONS) NOTIFICATION 2003 ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS Paragraph 1. Citation & commencement 2. Dominant and non-dominant positions The Schedule In exercise of the powers conferred by section 21(4) of the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002, the Media Development Authority of Singapore hereby makes the following Notification: Citation and commencement 1. This Notification may be cited as the Media Development Authority of Singapore (Regulated Persons) (Dominant and Non- dominant Positions) Notification 2003 and shall come into operation on 15 April 2003. Dominant and non-dominant positions 2. For the purposes of section 21 of the Act ¾ (a) the regulated persons specified in the first column of the Schedule are considered to have a dominant position in the media industries specified in the second column thereof; and (b) any other person specified under section 16(3) of the Act to be a regulated person in a media industry is considered to have a non-dominant position in the media industry. 5 THE SCHEDULE DOMINANT REGULATED PERSONS First column Second column (1) MediaCorp News Pte ) Ltd ) ) (2) MediaCorp ) Technologies Pte Ltd ) The free-to-air television (3) MediaCorp TV ) services industry Singapore Pte Ltd ) (4) MediaCorp TV12 ) Singapore Pte Ltd ) ) (5) TVMobile Pte Ltd (6) Starhub Cable Vision The subscription television Ltd services industry (7) MediaCorp Radio ) Singapore Pte Ltd ) ) The radio services industry (8) MediaCorp ) Technologies Pte Ltd ) (9) Singapore Press The newspaper publishing Holdings Limited, in services industry. relation to the following general circulation newspapers: (a) Berita Harian; (b) Lianhe Wanbao; (c) Nanyang Xingzhou Lianhe Zaobao; (d) Shin Min Daily News; (e) Streats; (f) Tamil Murasu; (g) The Business Times; (h) The New Paper; (i) The New Paper Sunday Edition; 6 First column Second column (j) The Straits Times; (k) The Sunday Times Made this 29th day of March 2003. TAN CHIN NAM Chairman, Media Development Authority of Singapore. [MDA (P) 8 / 22 - 5 (C) Vol. 15; AG/LEG/SL/172/2002/1 Vol. 1] 7 MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE ACT 2002 (ACT 34 OF 2002) MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (DESIGNATED ARCHIVE OPERATORS) NOTIFICATION 2003 ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS Paragraph 1. Citation & commencement 2. Designated archive operators In exercise of the powers conferred by section 19(1) of the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002, the Media Development Authority of Singapore hereby makes the following Notification: Citation and commencement 1. This Notification may be cited as the Media Development Authority of Singapore (Designated Archive Operators) Notification 2003 and shall come into operation on 15 April 2003. Designated archive operators 2. The following archive operators are specified to be designated archive operators in relation to their archive of video programmes: (a) MediaCorp Studios Pte Ltd; and (b) MediaCorp News Pte Ltd. Made this 29th day of March 2003. TAN CHIN NAM Chairman, Media Development Authority of Singapore. [MDA (P) 8 / 22 – 5 (C) Vol. 15; AG/LEG/SL/172/2002/1 Vol. 1] 8 MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE ACT 2002 (ACT 34 OF 2002) MEDIA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE (CODE OF PRACTICE) (EXEMPTION) NOTIFICATION 2003 ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS Paragraph 1. Citation & commencement 2. Exemption In exercise of the powers conferred by section 17(4) of the Media Development Authority of Singapore Act 2002, the Media Development Authority of Singapore hereby makes the following Notification: Citation and commencement 1. This Notification may be cited as the Media Development Authority of Singapore (Code of Practice) (Exemption) Notification 2003 and shall come into operation on 15 April 2003. Exemption 2. The following regulated persons are exempted from paragraphs 3.4 to 3.4.4 (Billing Practices) of the Code of Practice for Market Conduct in the Provision of Mass Media Services: (a) MediaCorp Press Ltd; and (b) Singapore Press Holdings Limited. Made this 29th day of March 2003. TAN CHIN NAM Chairman, Media Development Authority of Singapore. [MDA (P) 8 / 22 - 5 (C) Vol. 15; AG/LEG/SL/172/2002/1 Vol. 1].