ON-DEMAND MEDIA SERVICE PROVIDER

On-demand media service provider is a natural or legal person who offers to users the program catalogue containing programs which can be viewed and/or listened at the time chosen by the users and in accordance with their individual requests and that person is fully responsible for the content of the program catalogue.

On-demand media service provider makes its program catalog available through the platform operator's retransmission methods or directly via the internet, including mobile applications.

All programs included in the program catalogue of the on-demand media service shall be categorized by age in line with the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Protection of Children from Harmful Information".

The following documents shall be submitted to the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan in order to obtain on-demand media service provider's license:

If the applicant is a natural person:

• Cover letter addressed to the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan, signed and sealed by a natural person or an authorized representative;
• Application signed and sealed by a natural person or an authorized representative;
• Copy of the taxpayer's registration certificate;
• Copy of the natural person's identity document; information on address of registration and actual residence, as well as contact details of the natural person;
• Consent form signed by natural person, permitting to obtain personal data of a special category (convictions for grave offences or especially grave offences, as well as crimes against public morality, outstanding and unexpunged convictions);
• Copy of the identity document of the head of the management body (CEO, director, executive director, general manager); an information on address of registration and actual residence, as well as contact details of the head of the management body (CEO, director, executive director, general manager);
• Consent form signed by the head of the management body (CEO, director, executive director, general manager), permitting to obtain personal data of a special category (convictions for grave offences or especially grave offences, as well as crimes against public morality, outstanding and unexpunged convictions);
• Notarized copy of the document on higher education of the head of the management body (CEO, director, executive director, general manager);
• Name of the on-demand media service; electronic version of logo/emblem in JPEG/JPG format image with minimum resolution 600x600dpi;
• Copy of the identity document of the editor-in-charge (editor, editor-in-chief, director, etc.) of the on-demand media service; information on address of registration and actual residence, as well as contact details of the editor-in-charge (editor, editor-in-chief, director, etc.) of the on-demand media service;
• Business case (broadcasting concept, target audience, talent and human resources, information on technical capabilities (equipment) for broadcasting etc.) signed and sealed by the natural person or his authorized representative;

If the applicant is a legal person:

• Cover letter addressed to the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan, signed and sealed by an authorized representative of a legal person;
• Application signed and sealed by an authorized representative of a legal person;
• Notarized copy of the extract from the state register of legal person;
• Notarized copy of the Charter of a legal person;
• Copy of the taxpayer's registration certificate of the legal person;
• Copy of the identity document of the founder (founders) and/or shareholder (shareholders) of the legal person; information on address of registration and actual residence, as well as contact details of the founders and/or shareholders of the legal person;
• Consent form signed by the founder (founders) and/or shareholder (shareholders) of the legal person, permitting to obtain personal data of a special category (convictions for grave offences or especially grave offences, as well as crimes against public morality, outstanding and unexpunged convictions);
• Notarized copies of the extract from the state register and the Charter of the legal person (persons), who is the founder or shareholder of the legal person;
• Copy of the identity document of the head of the management body (CEO, director, executive director, general manager); an information on address of registration and actual residence, as well as contact details of the head of the management body (CEO, director, executive director, general manager);
• Consent form signed by the head of the management body (CEO, director, executive director, general manager), permitting to obtain personal data of a special category (convictions for grave offences or especially grave offences, as well as crimes against public morality, outstanding and unexpunged convictions);
• Notarized copy of the document on higher education of the head of the management body (CEO, director, executive director, general manager);
• Name of the on-demand media service; electronic version of logo/emblem in JPEG/JPG format image with minimum resolution 600x600dpi;
• Copy of the identity document of the editor-in-charge (editor, editor-in-chief, director, etc.) of the on-demand media service; information on address of registration and actual residence, as well as contact details of the editor-in-charge (editor, editor-in-chief, director, etc.) of the on-demand media service;
• Business case (broadcasting concept, target audience, talent and human resources, information on technical capabilities (equipment) for broadcasting etc.) signed and sealed by the natural person or his authorized representative.

The submitted documents shall be considered by the Audiovisual Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan within 10 (ten) working days from the date of registration and a decision to issue or refuse to issue a license shall be made.