Out of Air: “A1+” Deprived of Rebroadcast for 13th Time
Today, in TV licensing competition “A1+” lost with “ArmNews” TV Company that had submitted an application for the same frequency. This is the 13th defeat of “A1+” since April 2, 2002.
Another beaten TV Company of the same competition among 20 national and capital TV companies “struggling” for 18 frequencies is “ALM”, which is 8 points behind its opponent “Yerevan” channel.
Before the results’ publication there were opinions that the competition is of conditional character, as besides 2 frequencies all the other 16 were applied for only by one TV channel. After the assessments of the National Commission on Television and Radio (NCTR) this opinion became a conviction for many.
7 out of the 8 members of the National Commission on Television and Radio assessed 0 point to the application submitted by “A1+” owner Meltex LLC. Only 1 member, the executive director of MediaMax News Agency Ara Tadevosyan assessed 2 points. Opponent of “A1+” TV channel “ArmNews” received 44 points which means that the channel will remain on air.
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