NO COMPETITION ON GRANT OF TELEVISION AND RADIO FREQUENCIES TO BE ANNOUNCED IN ARMENIA UNTIL JUNE 20, 2010

Noyan Tapan
March 19, 2009

YEREVAN, MARCH 19, NOYAN TAPAN. No competition on the grant of
television and radio frequencies will be announced in Armenia until
June 20, 2010. The deputy minister of economy Vahe Danielian said
at the March 19 sitting of the Armenian government that by 2012 all
TV and radio broadcasts shall be carried in Armenia by the digital
system. The purpose of adopting this decision is to create equal
conditions for organizations of the sector so that all of them will
have time to make this change.

V. Danielian said that EU experts will provide technical assistance in
order to make this process as smooth and successful as possible. An
interdepartmental commission has been set up to implement the
program. It is developing digital broadcasting standards.