COMMERCIAL REVENUES OF PUBLIC TELEVISION AND RADIO COMPANY CONSIDERABLY INCREASE IN 2007

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 14, 2008

YEREVAN, MAY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2007 state budgetary allocations
for the Public Television and Radio Company were fully spent, the
chairman of the council of the Public Radio and Television Company
Alexan Harutyunian said at the May 14 joint sitting of the National
Assembly standing committees. According to him, 2.29 bln drams
(about 9.8 mln USD) envisaged for the Public Television and 690 mln
drams for the Public Radio were fully received.

The commercial revenues of the Public Television grew by 63.8 mln
drams as compared with 2006 and made 432 mln drams. Advertisement
revenues of the Public Radio declined somewhat in connection with
the suspension of Radio Liberty’s broadcasting.

The subject orientation of programs broadcast by the Public Radio
and Television Company was maintained. In particular, last year
the Public Television prepared 401.5 hours of cultural programs,
635 hours of diocumentary programs, 815 hours of social-economic
and social-political programs, 819 hours of information-analytical
programs and 59.5 hours of educational programs. The Public Radio
prepared 1,179 hours of information programs, 223 hours of political
and economic ones, and 415 hours of cultural programs.