The video-meeting of National Television and Radio Council was held.

At the meeting, the results of the monitoring of nationwide television channels on August 1-10, 2020 were discussed.

The requirements of the 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 “Lider” TV channel within the period between 08.00 pm to 09.00 pm. on August 4, 2020. Guided by the Article 23.1 of the Law, the Council has adopted a decision to suspend the broadcasting of “Lider” TV channel on August 22, 2020 for a period of 3 hours (from 08:00 am to 11:00 am).

Also, the requirements of the 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 advertisements on «ATV» TV channel within the period between 04.00 pm to 05.00 pm. on August 10, 2020. Guided by the Article 23.1 of the Law, the Council has adopted a decision to suspend the broadcasting of «ATV» TV channel on August 20, 2020 for a period of 3 hours (from 08:00 am to 11:00 am).