Public Television Cannot Exist under Government

Director General of the Public Broadcasting Television and Radio Azerbaijan Ismayil Omarov has not filed papers for re-election to the post.

According to one version, the government "took away" that threadbare piece of local establishments, together with the former Minister of Education. Omarov says that he goes - "if the members of the Supervisory Board shall be elected for two terms, this principle should apply to the director, at least in order to have something to compare with."

According to his report (http://az.itv.az/gundem/39693.html), the organization employs about 500 people, its technical and human resources to date. It works with all the leading intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations, educate the public, the programs are based on the principles of the discussion with regard to the requirements of democracy and statehood. Interim financing from the state budget avoids sensational gears and the pursuit of ratings. Pluralism is an important component of poisons, and accessibility is shown in the access to the screen of figures such as Ramiz Rovshan, Mahammad Ismayil, Javanshir Guliyev, Musa Yagub and others. The company covered the presidential, parliamentary, municipal elections, the referendum, during which is impartial, as confirmed by the reports of international organizations.

The collective author programs pays 16 of 24 broadcast hours, several times a week available space bridges. Almost all the important cultural events of the world (Cannes Film Festival, concerts of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Festival World Music Awards, Eurovision, and sports) are broadcast live in the exclusive version.

The resigned CEO believes that the average budget of ten million euros - a small sum for the maintenance of capital-intensive businesses - even small members of the European Union for the Public Broadcasting spend 10 times more.

The report by Omarov is true, but there are unsaid points. The other day, the parliament approved nominations of three members of the Broadcasting Board of Public TV where MPs expressed wishes. According to the deputy Mollazade, the dominance of opinion programs in the presence of modern technology hurting mobility and orientation information broadcasting network. "If we want to be competitive, it is necessary to take into account the perception of the impossibility of a very long time programs in the modern era of information rates," he said. Radical politics (Iqbal Aghazadeh, Siyavush Novruzov) wished to be invited to the debates. Fazil Mustafa and Faraj Guliyev noted the lack of parliamentary programs and the full political spectrum.

According to Turan, the main drawback of television is full funding from the state budget and formal accountability to the public with the attendant political, organizational, and creative effects. - 17D-