YEREVAN, MAY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2007 state budgetary allocations for the Public Television and Radio Company were fully spent, the chairman of the council of the Public Radio and Television Company Alexan Harutyunian said at the May 14 joint sitting of the National Assembly standing committees. According to him, 2.29 bln drams (about 9.8 mln USD) envisaged for the Public Television and 690 mln drams for the Public Radio were fully received. The commercial revenues of the Public Television grew by 63.8 mln drams as compared with 2006 and made 432 mln drams. Advertisement revenues of the Public Radio declined somewhat in connection with the suspension of Radio Liberty's broadcasting. The subject orientation of programs broadcast by the Public Radio and Television Company was maintained. In particular, last year the Public Television prepared 401.5 hours of cultural programs, 635 hours of diocumentary programs, 815 hours of social-economic and social-political programs, 819 hours of information-analytical programs and 59.5 hours of educational programs. The Public Radio prepared 1,179 hours of information programs, 223 hours of political and economic ones, and 415 hours of cultural programs.

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