Meeting of the working group on elaboration of a new version of the Law ‘On Television and Radio Broadcasting’

Information Department of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Secretariat
15 November 2013, 10:50

 Participants of the meeting, headed by the First Deputy Chairperson of the Committee Olena Bondarenko, agreed with the suggestion of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting regarding determining the bill’s provision according to which licence for on-air broadcasting gives a licensee the right to broadcast using radio frequency resource of Ukraine, and the right to maintenance and operation of the technical means of broadcasting ‘on condition of receiving permits for their operation according to the Law ‘On Radio Frequency Resource of Ukraine.’      

Several editorial corrections were discussed, and the terminology of the bill was clarified.  

The meeting was attended by the representatives of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council of Ukraine, the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting, the Association of owners and content providers, the Internet Association of Ukraine, as well as by independent media-lawyers and representatives of entities of audiovisual services market.