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Armenian TV company fined for illegal rebroadcasts
Arminfo
8 Jul 04
YEREVAN
An independent TV company, "Tsayg", broadcasting in Gyumri has been
fined 100,000 drams about 151 dollars . Today's session of the
Armenian National Commission for Radio and Television NCRT adopted
this decision unanimously.
The head of the NCRT, Grigor Amalyan, said that as a result of
monitoring it had been determined that the "Tsayg" TV company
illegally retransmitted programmes from the Russian "TNT" channel on
31 May and 14 June. He recalled that in line with the republic's
legislation, the retransmission of the TV programmes of a foreign
country is possible only if there is a corresponding bilateral
agreement. "Tsayg" was obliged to inform the National Commission for
Radio and Television in advance about the planned retransmission.
Arminfo
8 Jul 04
YEREVAN
An independent TV company, "Tsayg", broadcasting in Gyumri has been
fined 100,000 drams about 151 dollars . Today's session of the
Armenian National Commission for Radio and Television NCRT adopted
this decision unanimously.
The head of the NCRT, Grigor Amalyan, said that as a result of
monitoring it had been determined that the "Tsayg" TV company
illegally retransmitted programmes from the Russian "TNT" channel on
31 May and 14 June. He recalled that in line with the republic's
legislation, the retransmission of the TV programmes of a foreign
country is possible only if there is a corresponding bilateral
agreement. "Tsayg" was obliged to inform the National Commission for
Radio and Television in advance about the planned retransmission.