PARLIAMENTARY HEARINGS OVER TV AIR CONTENTS AND TV ADVERTISEMENTS HELD
Noyan Tapan
Dec 19, 2008
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Parliamentary hearings over TV
air contents and TV advertisements legislative regulation were held
on December 19 at the National Assembly. Representatives of the
Television and Radio National Committee, State Language Inspection,
Public Television of Armenia and private TV companies, advertisement
companies, NGOs, professional unions, and experts were invited to
the hearings.
Hearings’ initiator Armen Ashotian, the Chairman of the NA Standing
Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports
Affairs, said that a number of bills on electronic media activity,
telecommunication and advertisement spheres are circulated at the
parliament at present. In consideration of many problems in these
spheres and their public resonance, the committee considered it
expedient to hold as wide discussions on the above mentioned subjects
as possible.
A. Ashotian said that a legislative package on advertisement activity
will be discussed at the parliament soon, and the committee is ready
to take into consideration and to involve the hearings participants’
proposals and opinions, as well.
Saying that the issue of membership to the European Convention on
Transborder Television will be discussed at NA next year, the NA
Standing Committee Chairman attached importance to the necessity to
bring Armenia’s legislation in line with European standards in this
sphere. In his words, the committee is going to organize parliamentary
hearings on this issue, as well as the issue of telecommunication
digitalization.