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Azerbaijan National Television and Radio Council wants extension of its authorities

07 October 2009 12:22 (UTC +04:00)

According to him, over 5000 are working on TV channels, but the majority of them are not journalists by profession.

Therefore, the council will appeal to Education Ministry for increasing the vacancies in the faculty of television journalism in Baku State University. The other proposal of the council will be sent to Culture and Tourism Ministry. Maharramli said few films in Azerbaijani cause serious problems.
â€œEight films are produced at the expenditures of the state every year, but none of these films is demonstrated on TV channels. Why arenâ€™t these films demonstrated, if they are produced at the cost of the state budget? Moreover, the Soviet-era films should be sold to the TV channels at symbolic prices, because the state once paid for these films. So, Azerbaycanfilm film studio and Film Directors Guild should not take AZN 150 for the demonstration of â€œArshin mal alanâ€ once,â€ he said.

Maharramli said the council has an idea of establishing a unique television archive.
â€œThere are events connected with Azerbaijanâ€™s history that should be kept in the unique television archive. The televisions to be established after 50 years should use these materials,â€ he said.

National Television and Radio Council also offers amendments to the chapter â€œRequirements for television programsâ€ of the Code of Administrative Offences.
â€œIf similar programs, for example, entertaining programs, exceed 35 percent, this is the violation of law. We want to have authorities to take measures about it. We also offer to add a new item to the Code of Administrative Offences concerning the national and moral values,â€ he said.