In eastern Ukraine, Russia refused to turn off the TV

Many cable operators south-east of Ukraine refused to comply with the requirements of national TV and Radio Council, which demanded from 1 November to stop broadcasting several Russian TV channels. It is reported by “Today”.

the list of channels, broadcasts that are allowed on the territory of Ukraine, as we have not got REN TV, Channel One. World Wide Web ‘,’ RTR Planeta ‘and’ TVCi “. The National Council believes that when it is broadcast cable operators do not comply with a set of norms of the Ukrainian legislation concerning in particular copyright, and duplication of programs at the Ukrainian language.

Meanwhile, illegal channels, as the “Today” continues to broadcast in the networks of Zaporozhye, Odessa, Lugansk, Kharkov, in the cities of the Crimea and other settlements of the south-eastern part of Ukraine. The requirement of the National Council, reportedly carried out the cable operators of the capital and western Ukraine. However, in Kiev, for example, the company “will”, which accounts for most of the capital’s cable TV subscribers, yet continued transmission of the first. The operator, according to the publication, estimates that this channel would agree with the National Council and the claim to withdraw it.

in Odessa, according to the TRC “Glas”, off Russia’s canals, abandoned, in particular the company Renome “and” Black Sea “. In some cities (especially in Sevastopol), local authorities have adopted special regulations that do not comply with the decision of the National Council. Members of the Sevastopol City Council, as reported by the agency REGNUM, said that Russia’s ban on the channels violates the constitutional rights of Russian-speaking population of the city.

representative of the National Council of Broadcasting in the Odessa region Salabay Alexander said that his agency has not yet decided what to do with the offenders.

Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, as we have previously said that Russia’s government will push for the resumption of Russian TV channels broadcasting in Ukraine. The Minister recalled that when the needs of the Russian-speaking population of the republic, which, he said, “should have access to all media.”

2 November 2008 | broadcast, city, council, east, feed, november, number, operator, tv

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