A meeting of the National Television and Radio Council was held in video format.
According to the NTRC, the meeting discussed the results of monitoring of national television channels on August 1-10, 2020.
On August 4, 2020, the requirements of Article 35.7 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan “On Television and Radio Broadcasting” were violated by broadcasting 17 minutes and 25 seconds of advertisements on the air of “Lider” TV channel from 20.00 to 21.00.
Pursuant to Article 23.1 of the Law, the Council decided to suspend the broadcasting of programs on the TV channel "Lider" for three hours (from 08:00 to 11:00) on August 22, 2020.
Also, on August 10, 2020, the requirements of Article 35.7 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Television and Radio Broadcasting" were violated by broadcasting 15 minutes and 46 seconds of advertising on the air of the TV channel "ATV" from 16.00 to 17.00.
Pursuant to Article 23.1 of the Law, the Council decided to suspend the broadcasting of programs on ATV TV channel for three hours (from 08:00 to 11:00) on August 20, 2020.