NEW PARAMETERS FOR TV PROGRAMS: ‘WHAT OUR CHILDREN MUST NOT WATCH’

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20:06 ~U 09.02.10

In a press conference today, President of the National Commission on
Television and Radio (NCTR) Grigor Amalyan presented the new parameters
of TV programs to the public. Earlier the commission had proposed a
new bill which stated that films and TV programs that have explicit
sexual content or explicit scenes of violence and horror must be
broadcast only between midnight and 6 am.

Amalyan explained those parameters with a single phrase: "That is
what our children must not watch."

He also recalled that some public hearings had been held over the
issue, adding that representatives from NGOs, the church, the National
Academy of Sciences, the universities, the cultural sector, and the
field of psychology had participated in the hearings. The working
group had also examined the international experience in this issue.

Amalyan said that all programs and films that may harm teenagers’
development or negatively affect their rearing must not be broadcast
on local airwaves.

The President of the National Commission on Television and Radio,
referring to fines, said those TV channels that will not follow the
new parameters, will be warned twice and then, if in case of a third
attempt, be deprived of their broadcast license.