Private investors are principally interested only in areas with a relatively high population density, because they can only get a limited number of subscribers in sparsely populated areas. It so happens that certain sparsely populated areas are of vital geostrategic importance to Croatia. The population of the Adriatic islands is also dropping dramatically. The possible entry into cable television of a large, financially and technically powerful HPT, entrusted with this public service by the state, gives the population of these areas of Croatia the hope that that they will not miss out Pirate operators Modern network operators are afraid that if HPT wins the concession, they will have to cede to HPT the systems that they have built with their own money and that they now own. Solving this problem could turn out to be very complex.
Cable television is a so-called natural monopoly.
That is, installing two, three or more cable systems in one area does not pay for economic reasons. The concession holder thus enjoys a monopoly in the area that it covers. In order to prevent any abuse of monopoly status, it is customary for the subscription rate to be controlled and approved by the body that grants the concession. Furthermore, additional conditions for the concession holder can be fixed. The subscription rate for the existing systems in Croatia is arbitrarily fixed by the network owners, although the law stipulates that the subscription rate must be approved by the Telecommunications Council and by the Ministry of Transport and Communications.