channel. These rules were rooted from the previous 1997 Broadcasting Act. Because of the loose regulation, pay television providers are free to determine which network they would carry in their package as long as they reach the 10% minimum. Some providers carrying national private networks (unlike in terrestrial, they excluding local programming) and a number of local stations such as JakTV from Jakarta and JTV from Surabaya, even if the carriage is intended for national subscribers. Some are opt to not including several private networks because they did not have an agreement with the respective networks. Also, out of three TVRI national channels and its local stations, only TVRI Nasional that carried by most providers (the exception is Transvision, who also carry TVRI Sport HD in its package). Unlike in terrestrial, the providers neither including local programming in TVRI Nasional feed as in analog nor carrying dedicated local station's channel as in digital. Philippines The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) requires pay television operators to carry licensed free-to-air stations on their all their packages. The rule particularly forbids pay-TV operators from excluding such stations to places which ordinarily cannot receive a decent broadcast signal. Thailand In Thailand, all terrestrial television channels are required to be carried on satellite and cable television platform as free-to-air channels and required to be placed on same EPG number as their terrestrial counterparts. Must-carry rule was applied to the analog terrestrial television channels and was dropped in 2014 replacing by digital terrestrial television channels. Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) said the must-carry rule will be used to guarantee Thais' basic right to watch free-TV programs via any platform such as antennas and cable and satellite receivers. Vietnam The Vietnamese government required 7 must-carry channels to be carried free-to-air on all television platform such as cable, satellite and the internet. These channels are designed to air news, information and propaganda for the public. References External links Broadcast law Television terminology United States communications regulation Cable television in the United States Cable television in Canada