Tehran, Baku set up commission to probe Iranian TV ‘invasion’
Jun 13, 2005, 12:39 GMT
Monsters and Critics.com, UK
June 13 2005
Baku, 10 June: A special commission is expected to investigate the
invasion of Azerbaijan’s broadcasting space by Iranian TV channels,
Minister of Communications and Information Technologies Ali Abbasov
said on 10 June. The issue was discussed during Ahmadov’s official
visit to Iran in early June.
“After the talks it was decided to set up a special commission to
investigate the matter,” Abbasov stressed.
Abbasov was invited to Iran by Iranian Minister of Communication and
Information Technology [Seyyed Ahmad] Mo’tamedi. The two sides held
talks on information and communication technologies and discussed
regulating common communication lines and broadcasting in border
areas and other issues.
The minister said that the Iranian programmes, as well as the
Armenian ones from Nagornyy Karabakh, are being illegally broadcast
in Azerbaijan. Abbasov said: “The broadcast of Armenian channels will
be prevented to a certain extent following the commissioning of a
new TV tower in Agsu [in central Azerbaijan],” Abbasov noted.
Together with the executive authorities of Baku the ministry is
planning to install sensors on top of skyscrapers to ensure a
better transmission of TV and phone signals often hindered by the
newly-constructed tall buildings.
“All these problems will be resolved after the expansion of digital
TV in Baku soon,” Abbasov said.