{"id":4682,"date":"2014-12-30T19:40:15","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T19:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/media.am\/major-events-in-armenian-media-in-2014\/"},"modified":"2014-12-30T19:40:15","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T19:40:15","slug":"major-events-in-armenian-media-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/media.am\/en\/newsroom\/2014\/12\/30\/4682\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Events in Armenian Media in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were a few important changes in Armenia in 2014 with respect to the media. <\/span> <\/p>\n

Television
<\/strong><\/span>Private TV channels received the right to <\/span>advertise strong alcoholic beverages<\/a> on air in the evening hours.
<\/span>Armenia’s public television will no longer <\/span>air commercial advertising<\/a>.
<\/span>Instead of Yerevan TV, we now have H3.
<\/span>The digital television <\/span>broadcasting sign<\/a>al is now available on an experimental basis in Yerevan.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Work of Journalists
<\/strong><\/span>The court <\/span>sustained<\/a> in part Investigative Journalists NGO’s lawsuit on copyright infringement against 1in.am. 
<\/span>Put<\/span> into circulation<\/a> [AM] was the draft law known as “on Facebook,” which is currently frozen.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Work of Journalists<\/span>
<\/strong><\/span>There were a few obvious cases of the work of journalists being obstructed. 
<\/span>The court decided to oblige<\/a> Hraparak newspaper and iLur.am news website to reveal their sources. <\/span><\/p>\n

Media.am proposes viewing the events of 2014 in full with the help of the timeline below.<\/span><\/p>\n