A meeting of the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan was held

On May 18, 2023, a meeting of the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan was held in video format. During the meeting, the violations of the requirements of the Law "On Advertising" on "Media FM" radio channel, and of the requirements of the Law "On Media" on "Space TV" television channel were discussed.

Thus, on May 11, 2023 at 08:48, on May 15, 2023 at 08:50, 09:49 and 12:50, on "Media FM" radio channel of nationwide terrestrial radio broadcaster "Digital Media" LLC the facts of violation of the requirements of Article 29.5 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Advertising" (advertisement of medical services for artificial termination of pregnancy and artificial insemination are prohibited) have been registered.

In addition, on May 12, 2023, during the broadcast of the "Come, talk" program (at 13:01) on "Space TV" television channel of the nationwide terrestrial television broadcaster "Space Independent Television and Radio Company" LLC the fact of violation of the requirement of Article 14.1.6 of the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Media" (the use of words and expressions with immoral lexical (swearing) content, gestures should not be allowed) was discovered.

After the discussions, the members of the Council voted unanimously to apply the sanction of suspension of broadcasting against both channels. Thus, according to the relevant decisions adopted by the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the broadcasting of the programs of "Media FM" radio channel will be suspended for 1 hour on May 21, 2023 from 23:00 to 24:00, and the broadcasting of the programs of "Space TV" television channel will be suspended for 3 hours on May 21, 2023 from 08:00 to 11:00.

The Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan once again calls on all audiovisual broadcasters to comply with the requirements of the legislation when broadcasting programs.