YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. The Public Television and Radio Company is already being prepared for the 2007 parliamentary elections: the elections will be covered according to those standards which are envisaged by the law and European structures. Alexan Haroutiunian, the Public Television and Radio Company Council Chairman stated about it on November 29 at the "Urbat" club. He mentioned that it was found out from the studies implemented in Armenia by international organizations that televiewers prefer to watch programs of 4 television companies, including H1 and ORT. In A.Haroutiunian's words, at present Armenian TV companies are still too far from not only Russian and European TV companies but also from neighboring Georgia in many cases. For TV companies have a progress in Armenia, A.Haroutiunian believes that the advertisement activity must be regulated first of all. "The state that today exists in the field of advertisement is inadmissible. We must accept those standards which exist in the European Union member countries," he mentioned. Besides, A.Haroutiunian considers inadmissible the circumstance that Armenian television companies broadcast non-translated films when it is considered obligatory in many countries. In A.Haroutiunian's words, if Latin-American serials are broadcast by the Public Television today, starting from the next year, Armenian ones will be broadcast instead of them, programs on cultural, educational and historic themes will add. He also mentioned that a series of new international projects enjoying great popularity, like the "Who wants to become millionaire?" "Armenian Superstar," "100 Variants" programs, will be broadcast by the Public Television. It was also mentioned that no other competitions, but the world and Europe football championships, summer and winter olympiads and other international competitions in which sportsmen from Armenia will take part, will be broadcast by H1. Home sport will be paid more attention instead of it. As, in his words, "it is impossible to create a new television with old equipment," works of technical re-equipment are in process at the Public Television at present. Those works will finish in September of the next year. And it is envisaged to finish those works at the Public Radio during the coming 1-2 months.

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