PUBLIC TV OF ARMENIA COVERED THE PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN A MORE BALANCED MANNER, THAN THE PRIVATE TV-CHANNELS, THE DATA OF THE MONITORING EVIDENCE

Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
May 10 2007

Yerevan, May 10. /Mediamax/. The "TIM" Research Center and the Yerevan
Press Club (YPC) presented today the regular intermediate report on
the results of the monitoring of the coverage of pre-election campaign
by the Armenian media in the period starting from April 24 and up to
May 5.

Mediamax reports that the Chairman of the YPC Boris Navasardian stated
that during the 12 days of study the audience of the Armenian media had
the opportunity to receive information on the majority of political
forces, participating in the election campaign. At the same time,
he stated, the given statement concerns mostly the citizens of the
capital, which has a larger choice of channels.

Boris Navasardian stated that from the four channels, which devoted
most of the time to the coverage of the activities of political
parties /ALM, Second Armenian TV-Channel, Yerkir Media and Kentron/,
only two of them broadcast in the regions of the country.

At that, 35% of the broadcast time of ALM, devoted to the parties,
fell on the share of the People’s Party, 28% – the Republican Party
of Armenia (RPA). 83% of the broadcast time of the Second Armenian
TV-Channel fell on the share of four parties – "Dashnaktsutiun",
"United Liberal-National Party", RPA and "Prosperous Armenia" Party.

Boris Navasardian noted that relatively more balanced was the coverage
of the pre-election campaign by the Public TV and the Public Radio
of Armenia. He expressed an opinion that this is conditioned by the
greater attention of the international observers to the activity of
the Public TV and Radio Company.