{"id":25090,"date":"2020-11-18T17:29:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/?p=25090"},"modified":"2020-11-18T17:29:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:29:55","slug":"the-executive-director-of-public-tv-assures-that-the-newly-created-news-channel-will-not-be-propagandic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/newsroom\/2020\/11\/18\/25090\/","title":{"rendered":"The Executive Director Of Public TV Assures That The Newly Created News Channel Will Not Be Propagandic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Public TV wants to create a news channel that broadcasts exclusively news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The newly appointed executive director of the Public Television, Hovhannes Movsisyan, stated this on November 18, presenting the idea of a new channel to the Television and Radio Commission, where the applications for the slot licensing competition in the public multiplex are being collected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He validated the idea with the increase of trust in Public News programs in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;During the war, the public focused more on media activities. And we realized that we had to have a news TV channel &#8230; And now half of the Public Broadcasting programs are news programs that are in demand.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hovhannes Movsisyan said that they will maintain objectivity, will be guided by public interests and present different political views.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;I assure you it will not be propagandic,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The directions of the new channel will be:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">News episodes at a frequency of once an hour,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Providing live broadcasts with current information about events happening here and now,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Legislation &#8211; not only coverage of the activities of the executive bodies but also the creation of analytical-explanatory content. The plan is to present the decisions and laws in on-site studios and to broadcast online,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Awareness of the work of local self-government bodies, identifying local issues. Regional correspondents will take on this task,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Airtime in cooperation with international media and the Diaspora,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Artsakh Hour, the content of which will be prepared by Artsakh Public Television.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Up till now, one or two reports were broadcast daily from Artsakh, while I think that Artsakh&#8217;s potential is much greater, we should try to enrich it on the air of the news channel,&#8221; Hovhannes Movsisyan said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There will also be interviews and debates on the Public News Channel. The new executive director thinks that &#8220;at the moment, Public TV lacks new formats in the media-political sense.&#8221; In the future, we plan to have studios outside of Armenia in the United States, the Middle East and Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;At the moment, the existing Public Service news service will be almost doubled,&#8221; Hovhannes Movsisyan stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then he added that they will create a media school, where the main emphasis will be on journalism and broadcasting education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;We will try to find new talents on the air, this will help us provide new staff to the general media field.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Karen Tataryan, a representative of Public Television, also spoke at the TRC, quoting data. For example, in peacetime, the news on Public TV was 11%, and in 2020 it reached 37%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;2020 has shown that force majeure events are constantly chasing us, replacing each other,&#8221; he said, explaining the change in the logic and structure of Public Broadcasting. First in the spring because of the coronavirus, and then in the fall because of the war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;Various obligations defined by Public Law were pushed to the background, and the volume of information increased &#8230; It can be said that information is our main content. Creating a news channel will help fulfill our other responsibilities,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hovhannes Movsisyan also spoke about bigger programs and the creation of several other channels in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The creation of a news channel is, in fact, one of the components of Public&#8217;s development programs, the first step. We are also going to create new TV channels in the cable network.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In January 2021, it will be clear which channels will be licensed to use slots in the public multiplex for a period of seven years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Within two months, the answer will be given by the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/media.am\/en\/newsroom\/2020\/11\/17\/25070\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Television and Radio Commission<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><b>Nune Hakhverdyan<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public TV wants to create a news channel that broadcasts exclusively news. 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