Azadlyg, Voice of America and BBC not to be transmitted in Azerbaijan from late 2008

To him, this is one of the measures of Azerbaijani Government taken in the field of Television and Radio Broadcasting.

"We raised the issue some years ago and demanded that broadcasting of foreign radio stations should be stopped in Azerbaijan and the issue should be solved in accordance with the current world practice. We realized the issue by stages because of poor development of cable network at that time. First of all we stopped transmission of Russian and Turkish TV Channels and French Radio Channel and then Voice of America and Azadlig Channels. We have signed a one–year contract with BBC and Turkish TRT Channel", he said.

Maharramli stated that aforementioned Channels were reminded a year ago that national frequency resources belonged to national bodies.

"We are in the last stage and should solve the issue once and for all. Foreign radio stations will have no transmission frequency late in 2008," he said.

The Chairman added that radio stations functioning in Azerbaijan could be transmitted via satellite, internet and cable network like in European countries.

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